Arkansas allows studded tires from November 15 through April 15.
Allowed in season
Rule
Ark. Code Ann. 27-37-402
November 15
Opens for 2026-27
Sunday, November 15, 2026
April 15
Last day
Thursday, April 15, 2027
32 days
Window opens in
as of Wednesday, October 14, 2026
The rule
The studded tire rule in Arkansas
Allowed in season
Arkansas allows studded tires from November 15 through April 15.
Arkansas allows metal studded tires from November 15 to April 15, with studs standing no more than a sixteenth of an inch above the tread.
It is lawful to use metal studded tires with studs protruding not more than one-sixteenth inch (1/16) from the surface of the rubber tread on motor vehicles operated on the public highways of this state during the period from November 15 of each year until April 15 of the following year.
Ark. Code Ann. 27-37-402, Metal studded tires, read September 22, 2026. Read it at the source
Yes, within a season. Arkansas allows studded tires from November 15 through April 15. Ark. Code Ann. 27-37-402 reads: "It is lawful to use metal studded tires with studs protruding not more than one-sixteenth inch (1/16) from the surface of the rubber tread on motor vehicles operated on the public highways of this state during the period from November 15 of each year until April 15 of the following year."
From November 15. For the 2026-27 season that is Sunday, November 15, 2026, and the window runs through Thursday, April 15, 2027.
April 15 is the last day of the window, which for 2026-27 is Thursday, April 15, 2027.
Missouri, November 1 through March 31; Tennessee, October 1 through April 15; Mississippi, barred; Louisiana, barred; Texas, no seasonal dates; Oklahoma, November 1 through April 1. Each state's page quotes its own statute.
Montana: October 1 through May 31, 243 days. The national page lists every state's window.
Compiled September 22, 2026 from Ark. Code Ann. 27-37-402, Metal studded tires and the other sources linked beside each quote. Statutes change between winters, and a transportation department can extend a window where its statute allows, so the linked source is the one to check before a trip. Every state is in the studded tire laws by state table.
