Garland County, AR Trash & Recycling: Illegal Dumping (2026)

Section 54-39 makes it unlawful for any person to "purposely dump, place, cause to be placed, or knowingly authorize the placement of any solid waste in the unincorporated areas of the county" except through the collection system this chapter sets up or under the solid waste director's rules and regulations. Section 54-40 backs enforcement with a presumption: if solid waste found dumped can be identified as belonging to a particular person, it is presumed that person placed it, or caused or authorized its placement, wherever it was found, easing the burden of proving who is responsible for a given pile of trash.

00 for each day they persist. Beyond the fine, section 54-32 lets the sentencing body require the violator to remove and clean up the dumped waste, or, as an alternative or additional penalty, assist in cleaning up general county litter, unpaid, for up to eight hours a day and no more than five days on such a cleanup project. ) and authorizes the county judge to post signage along public highways informing residents of the Act and its penalties.