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Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
35. Seven years is a long time in politics
Wed Feb 27, 2013, 01:42 AM
Feb 2013

A lot can happen during that time. The Arkansas law that is the object of the OP, for example, was passed 6 years ago.

At any rate, the eHow information about Kansas does seem to be an exaggeration, just like the claim in the OP that being one day late with a rent payment, or being late with a rent payment at all, in Arkansas is grounds for getting thrown in jail.

USA, Inc. Money 1st, people last. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2013 #1
I couldn't tell pipoman Feb 2013 #2
Here is the law in Arkansas: Art_from_Ark Feb 2013 #8
Yeah, the "failure to vacate" pipoman Feb 2013 #11
Here is the law in, for example, Kansas Art_from_Ark Feb 2013 #33
Hmm pipoman Feb 2013 #34
Seven years is a long time in politics Art_from_Ark Feb 2013 #35
although the law is indeed draconian , the head line is very misleading bowens43 Feb 2013 #3
100 people were actually charged with a crime. Marrah_G Feb 2013 #5
But the charge is not non-payment of rent--it's failure to vacate. And sloppy legal reporting of msanthrope Feb 2013 #7
This is the problem of relying on Alternet for legal news. It's a great report by HRW, badly msanthrope Feb 2013 #6
Arkansas seems to be an endless well of bad laws aimed at the poor and women cali Feb 2013 #4
Feudalism. ck4829 Feb 2013 #9
So, one day late on rent *can't* land you in jail Recursion Feb 2013 #10
i like people less and less as time passes.. frylock Feb 2013 #18
How many days should non-paying tenants stay free? What should happen if they don't leave? dmallind Feb 2013 #12
criminal penalties are akin to debtors' prison Jersey Devil Feb 2013 #13
Thank you woo me with science Feb 2013 #17
Every state, including pipoman Feb 2013 #16
certainly more than 10 days.. frylock Feb 2013 #19
does anybody even go to journalism school anymore? snooper2 Feb 2013 #14
Apparently not slackmaster Feb 2013 #31
Highly inaccurate headline. nt. NCTraveler Feb 2013 #15
okay. 11 days late on rent can land you in jail. frylock Feb 2013 #20
Wrong. Failure to vacate the premises after being notified gets you in trouble. Ikonoklast Feb 2013 #21
so you think it's reasonable to give someone 10 days to vacate the prem? frylock Feb 2013 #22
Still not accurate. NCTraveler Feb 2013 #27
yes, we can agree on that.. frylock Feb 2013 #28
look at the replies and hold your heads high with pride DU. frylock Feb 2013 #23
This headline is a lie. Peter cotton Feb 2013 #24
so you too are pro-living in car? frylock Feb 2013 #25
That's a separate question entirely, is it not? Peter cotton Feb 2013 #29
evidently all anyone wants to talk about is the headline.. frylock Feb 2013 #30
as bad as the law is the title isn't right dsc Feb 2013 #26
A person who fails to vacate a rental after due process for a delinquency can be arrested anywhere slackmaster Feb 2013 #32
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