Arkansas Code Title 16. Practice, Procedure, and Courts § 16-123-332. Administrative penalties

(a) If the Arkansas Fair Housing Commission determines at a hearing under § 16-123-331 that a respondent has engaged in or is about to engage in a discriminatory housing practice, the commission may order the appropriate relief, including actual damages, reasonable attorney's fees, and court costs.

(b) To vindicate the public interest, the commission may assess a civil penalty against the respondent in an amount that does not exceed:

(c) If the acts constituting the discriminatory housing practice that is the object of the charge are committed by the same natural person who has been previously adjudged to have committed acts constituting a discriminatory housing practice, the civil penalties in subdivisions (b)(2) and (3) of this section may be imposed without regard to the period of time within which any other discriminatory housing practice occurred.

(d) In addition to all other penalties set forth in this subchapter, the commission may require the respondent to complete up to thirty (30) classroom hours of fair housing education courses designated by the commission or up to thirty (30) hours of community service designated by the commission, or both.