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Parking Rules in Arkansas (2026)

48 rules on the books across Arkansas, 12 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.

Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions

Abandoned Vehicles

How cities define and handle abandoned or inoperable vehicles on private property and public streets, including removal timelines.

Arkansas: statewide

StatewideSome Restrictions

Arkansas law governs how abandoned, unclaimed, or junked vehicles are handled statewide. State statutes authorize…

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Benton County

Significant Restrictions

Benton County makes it a crime to place a junk motor vehicle, old tire or abandoned appliance on a public right-of-way…

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Little Rock

Significant Restrictions

Little Rock bans open storage of an abandoned automobile on any lot unless it's part of a licensed auto business, and…

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Pulaski County

Significant Restrictions

Pulaski County bans parking, storing, or dumping abandoned vehicles in any county road right-of-way, with removal…

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Conway

Some Restrictions

In the City of Conway, Arkansas, an abandoned, wrecked or inoperable vehicle left on public property for more than…

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Fayetteville

Some Restrictions

Fayetteville removes unattended and abandoned vehicles under Code Sec. 90.02, following Arkansas law A.C.A. Sec…

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Fort Smith

Some Restrictions

Fort Smith bars inoperable, unsightly, disassembled or stripped vehicles from any premises, with limited exceptions for…

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Garland County

Some Restrictions

Unincorporated Garland County limits open storage of junked or abandoned vehicles to three under Sec. 14-72(3); more…

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Jonesboro

Some Restrictions

Jonesboro bans keeping an inoperative or abandoned vehicle in open view on any property. The city defines inoperative…

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Saline County

Some Restrictions

In the Saline County portion of Hot Springs Village, inoperable motor vehicles cannot sit outside in the open; the…

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Sebastian County

Some Restrictions

Leaving a junked or wrecked automobile outside a building for more than 30 days on unincorporated county land turns the…

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Springdale

Some Restrictions

Springdale bans letting an inoperative motor vehicle accumulate on real property inside city limits; code enforcement…

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Washington County

Some Restrictions

Arkansas law lets the Washington County Sheriff tag and tow unattended and abandoned vehicles from public ways, and an…

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Curb Color Rules

What red, yellow, white, green, and blue painted curbs mean in your city, who can paint them, and how parking restrictions are enforced.

Towing & Impound Rights

What a towing company may charge and must do when a vehicle is taken without the owner consenting: capped hookup, mileage and storage rates, the drop fee owed if the driver returns before the tow leaves, signage required at private lots, retrieval of belongings left inside, and how a tow gets contested.