Garland County, AR Parking Rules: Abandoned Vehicles (2026)

Garland County Code § 14-72(3) caps overt vehicle storage at three: 'the overt storage of more than three junked or abandoned vehicles or mobile homes or any other large equipment unless reasonably out of sight' is listed as a nuisance-property violation alongside garbage accumulation, tire piles and illegal dumping. Sec. 14-75 defines 'junked or abandoned vehicles and mobile homes' as automobiles, trucks, mobile homes or other mobile equipment that are no longer serviceable and operable, or that have been abandoned or stripped of parts, and that are not part of an established junkyard operation, which is separately regulated under Chapter 50's junkyard and salvage-yard rules.

A fourth vehicle openly visible on the property triggers the same enforcement path as any other nuisance: a county inspection, a written first notice under Sec. 14-74 giving up to 30 days to remove the excess vehicles, escalation to a certified second notice if uncorrected, and a citation into district court seven days after that if the owner still has not acted. Sec. 14-75 defines 'county' enforcement authority to include Sheriff's deputies, county environmental officers and illegal-dumps control officers, any of whom can document the violation and initiate the notice sequence.

An owner who screens the extra vehicles from view, inside a garage, behind a solid fence, or otherwise 'reasonably out of sight,' is not in violation regardless of how many are on the property, since the ordinance targets overt storage rather than mere ownership.