Fayetteville Square / University Lot — No Contract Without Visible Notice
Fayetteville (University of Arkansas), Springdale, Rogers, and Bentonville have a heavy private-lot scene around the Razorback Stadium and Walmart-corporate areas. Private operators issue 'parking notices' that purport to bind drivers contractually. Under Arkansas common-law contract, no contract forms absent offer, acceptance, and meeting of the minds. If signage is absent, obscured, or fails to disclose fees at the entrance, no contract was formed — only a possible trespass-tow claim under Ark. Code §27-50-1201, which has its own signage rules.
Legal basis
Ark. Code §27-50-1201 et seq.; Arkansas common-law contract; Restatement (Second) of Contracts §17-19
Sample appeal wording
TO: [OPERATOR] VIA CERTIFIED MAIL Your notice asserts a contractual obligation arising from my use of [LOT] on [DATE]. No contract was formed. The signage at the entrance I used [was absent / was obscured / did not disclose fees]. Under Arkansas contract law, no offer was communicated and no acceptance occurred. Your remedy, if any, is a trespass-tow under Ark. Code §27-50-1201 (which you also failed to satisfy). The asserted invoice is withdrawn or will be defended. [NAME, DATE]
Replace [PARKING DATE], [NtK DATE] etc. with your own dates before sending.
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- Arkansas Code §27-50-1201
- Arkansas common-law contract