(a) (1) Every person, firm, or private corporation engaged in the business of abstracting in one (1) county only, shall be or have in its employ a registered abstracter. (2) Every person, firm, or private corporation engaged in the business of abstracting in more than one (1) county in this state shall have at least […]
(a) Any person desiring to become a registered abstracter under this chapter shall make application to the Arkansas Abstracters’ Board for registration. (b) The application shall be in a form prepared by the board and shall contain such information as may be necessary to assist the board in registration. (c) Except as provided in subsection […]
The examination required under this chapter shall be in the form of written interrogatories as may be prescribed by the Arkansas Abstracters’ Board to determine the proficiency of the applicant.
(a) If the applicant satisfactorily passes the examinations, the applicant shall be certified as a registered abstracter, and the certificate provided for shall be issued to him or her. The privileges granted by the certificate shall continue unless revoked, as provided in this chapter, or unless the certificate is otherwise surrendered to the Arkansas Abstracters’ […]
(a) The Arkansas Abstracters’ Board upon application to it by any person succeeding to the ownership of any abstract plant or business by any means other than by purchase, or any person who by reason of the incapacity of any registered abstracter owner of any abstract plant or business is required to assume the operation […]
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as prohibiting any person, firm, or corporation holding a valid and subsisting certificate of authority from employing such clerical and stenographic assistants as may be necessary in the conduct of its business who are not registered under this chapter.
No person, firm, or corporation shall engage in the business of abstracting in this state until a certificate of authority has been issued to the person, firm, or corporation by the Arkansas Abstracters’ Board.
(a) Any person, firm, or corporation desiring to engage in the business of abstracting in this state shall make application to the Arkansas Abstracters’ Board for a certificate of authority. (b) The application shall: (1) Be in a form prepared by the board; (2) Contain such information as may be necessary to assist the board […]
(a) (1) All certificates of authority issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall expire on the same date, irrespective of when issued. (2) Expiration dates of the certificates, either renewal or original, shall be the July 1 following the year from the preceding expiration date. (b) Current and subsisting certificates of authority shall […]
(a) (1) Holders of certificates of authority and their employees in the conduct of the business of abstracting shall have access to the public records in any office of any city or county or of the state. (2) They shall be permitted to make memoranda or notations therefrom or copies thereof and to occupy reasonable […]
(a) (1) (A) Before the certificate of authority is issued, the applicant shall file with the Arkansas Abstracters’ Board a bond approved by the board conditioned upon the payment by the applicant of any and all damages that may be sustained by or may accrue to any person, firm, or corporation for whom the applicant […]
(a) The Arkansas Abstracters’ Board is authorized, after a hearing as provided in § 17-11-341, to cancel and revoke any certificate of registration issued to any person under the provisions of this chapter: (1) For a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter; (2) Upon a conviction of the holder of such a […]
(a) (1) Upon a verified complaint’s being filed with the Arkansas Abstracters’ Board or upon the board’s own motion filing a complaint charging the holder of a certificate of registration with a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, or conviction of a crime under § 17-3-102, or habitual carelessness or fraudulent practices […]
Any licensee under this chapter shall provide a seal, which shall have stamped on the license the name of the licensee, and shall deposit with the Arkansas Abstracters’ Board an impression of the seal and the names of all persons authorized to sign certificates to abstracts on behalf of the licensee.
An abstract or photostat or verbatim copy of any public record, where certified by and impressed with the official seal of any licensed abstracter, shall be admissible in evidence, if otherwise admissible, on behalf of any party litigant in any court in the State of Arkansas and shall be prima facie evidence of the facts […]
