§ 22-6-504. Refund when state’s title fails
(a) The Arkansas State Claims Commission is authorized and empowered to make refunds of amounts received by the state for the purchase or redemption of tax-forfeited lands or of funds received by the state from the sale of islands when it has been determined by the commission that the State of Arkansas has no further […]
§ 22-6-601. Sale procedure
(a) (1) (A) The several state boards or commissions having supervision of the affairs of the charitable, penal, correctional, educational, and other institutions of the State of Arkansas and all other state boards and commissions, except the State Highway Commission, the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission, the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission, the State Parks, […]
§ 22-6-602. Reimbursement of counties for use of lands
(a) It is declared the policy of the State of Arkansas to reimburse, annually or biennially, the counties from which the State of Arkansas has acquired or may acquire title to, or use of, acreage farm lands aggregating more than one thousand (1,000) acres for the use of its penal farms or other state institutions […]
§ 22-6-603. Donation of lands for highway uses
(a) The respective boards charged with the management or control of the charitable, penal, or correctional institutions and institutions of higher education of the State of Arkansas and other agencies of the state are authorized and empowered to donate, without compensation to the public, rights-of-way over or along lands under the control of the boards […]
§ 22-6-502. Oil, gas, and mineral rights
(a) Where tax-forfeited lands are disposed of by the state by return to private ownership by sale or redemption, the oil, gas, and mineral rights shall be a part of the fee and shall be conveyed with it, and the deeds shall not contain any restrictive covenants or reservations relative to the oil, gas, and […]
§ 22-6-503. Recording in county — Fees
(a) All deeds issued by the Commissioner of State Lands for lands, including city and town lots which have been certified for the nonpayment of taxes, shall be forwarded or delivered to the recorder of the county in which the lands, including city and town lots, are located, and the recorder shall record the deeds […]
§ 22-6-205. Objects of antiquity on submerged lands property of state — Exceptions — Definition
(a) As used in this section, “object of antiquity” includes without limitation property lost or abandoned for twenty-five (25) years or more. (b) An object of antiquity found in the submerged lands of the state and not claimed by the federal government or protected under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. […]
§ 22-6-301. Sale by county court on application
(a) It shall be lawful for the county court of any county in which any permanent school lands and lots, as defined in § 22-6-111, are situated to order the lands or lots sold at public auction by the sheriff, in legal subdivisions, upon the application of any person who may desire to purchase the […]
§ 22-6-302. Appraisers
(a) The county court shall appoint three (3) disinterested householders of the county who are familiar with real estate values to view and appraise the lands and lots and cause the timber, if any on the land, to be estimated. (b) Each appraiser shall take an oath, which shall be filed in the court, that […]
§ 22-6-303. Notice of sale — Terms
(a) The sheriff shall give notice by publication in some newspaper published in the county where the land is situated, at least four (4) weeks before the day of sale, that he or she will sell the land or lots at the courthouse door. (b) Upon the day of the sale, the sheriff shall offer […]