1. (a) Pursuant to Arkansas Code § 27-35-302, "Manufactured home units eight feet (8') or less in width and sixty feet (60') or less in length may be moved on the highways of this state without the procurement of the special permit under this subchapter.”

2. (b) Pursuant to Arkansas Code § 27-35-304:

   1. (1)

      1. (A) Manufactured home units may be lawfully moved interstate and intrastate on the highways, roads, and streets of this state by procuring a special permit issued by the Arkansas Department of Transportation.
      2. (B) The rules of the State Highway Commission, with respect to the movement of manufactured homes upon the highways of this state, shall be equally applicable to the movement of manufactured homes upon city streets and county roads in this state.
      3. (C) No municipality or county shall require local permits, bonds, fees, or licenses for the interstate or intrastate movement of manufactured homes permitted by the department;
   2. (2) A permit shall be required for each single continuous movement of each manufactured home unit; and

   3. (3)

      1. (A) Manufactured home units in excess of sixteen feet six inches (16' 6") in width may be moved upon the public highways of this state by obtaining an emergency permit approved by the department.
      2. (B) Factors to be considered in approval of such emergency permit shall include, but not be limited to:

3. (i) Maximum overall width;

   1. (ii) Distance to travel;

      1. (iii) Condition of the highway; and

         1. (iv) The volume and type of traffic.
      2. (C) No special permit shall be issued for any manufactured home unit exceeding eighteen feet (18') in width.

      3. (D) A permit required for the movement of a manufactured home unit may be obtained from the Permit Section.

         1. (c) Pursuant to Arkansas Code § 27-35-305(a) – (b)(1):
4. (a) A special permit shall be issued to any licensed carrier, dealer, or manufacturer who files with the Arkansas Department of Transportation evidence of acceptable insurance coverage. (b)(1) Persons moving their personal manufactured home units not over twelve-feet (12') wide, exclusive of clearance lights, registered to such persons, and not for the purpose of sale, with a truck of not less than one-ton factory rated capacity, equipped with such devices and safety equipment and in compliance with safety regulations as required by the Interstate Commerce Commission as the pulling vehicle, when the driver of a pulling vehicle is experienced in such driving, shall be entitled to a special permit upon a showing of evidence that they have insurance acceptable to the department for, and title to, the manufactured home unit.

Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided the following at the end of the section: “*NOTE: The Interstate Commerce Commission was abolished in 1995 and replaced by the Surface Transportation Board that is housed within the U. S. Department of Transportation.”