§ 22-6-119. Custody of records
(a) Books, accounts, records, papers, maps, and documents relating to the functions and powers of the Commissioner of State Lands, including the records and documents used by the historical predecessors of the Commissioner of State Lands, are the property of the state and shall remain in the custody of the Commissioner of State Lands. (b) […]
§ 22-6-120. Adopt a Document Program
(a) The Adopt a Document Program is established to be administered by the Commissioner of State Lands. (b) (1) The Commissioner of State Lands may: (A) Obtain funding from private donations and charities to protect documents in his or her custody; and (B) Sell duplicates or copies of maps, plats, and other documents in his […]
§ 22-6-104. Execution of deed on original or patent certificate
(a) The owner of any original or patent certificate for any seminary, saline, internal improvements, swamp and overflowed, real estate bank, or state bank lands, or the assignee or the parties in whom the legal title to the land exists, may present the certificate to the Commissioner of State Lands, who, if he or she […]
§ 22-6-105. Execution of deed on certificate of purchase
(a) The owner of any certificate of purchase for any swamp and overflowed, seminary, saline, internal improvement, real estate bank, or state bank lands, or the assignee or the party in whom the legal title to the lands exist, may present the certificates and other evidences of the legal title to the lands to the […]
§ 22-6-106. Issuance of deed on proof of payment
The Commissioner of State Lands is authorized and empowered to execute, under his or her hand and official seal, a deed to purchasers from the state of any seminary, saline, internal improvement, real estate bank, or state bank lands, upon the filing in his or her office of the receipts of the Treasurer of State, […]
§ 22-6-107. Deeds to school lands sold prior to 1881
(a) The Commissioner of State Lands is authorized and empowered to execute, under his or her hand and official seal, a deed to purchasers or their assigns or legal representatives of sixteenth section or school lands, upon presentation to the Commissioner of State Lands of proper evidence of full payment for the lands, in all […]
§ 22-6-108. Seal of Commissioner of State Lands sufficient verification
The seal of the Commissioner of State Lands shall be sufficient verification and authentication of the deed made by him or her for any class of lands mentioned in this act, and the deed shall be received as evidence of the legal title to the lands in any court in this state.
§ 22-6-109. Cancellation of deed upon dishonor of check
(a) The Commissioner of State Lands is empowered and authorized to cancel, set aside, and hold for naught any redemption or sale deed issued by him or her for any state-owned land in any instance where a personal check tendered to and accepted by him or her in payment of the redemption or purchase price […]
§ 22-6-110. Confirmation of sales of lands paid for with levee bonds
(a) All sales of lands formerly owned by the State of Arkansas conducted pursuant to the decrees of the Pulaski County Chancery Court in favor of the State of Arkansas, condemning the lands for sale to pay the unpaid purchase price thereof, which sales were held and conducted by the commissioner of the court in […]
§ 22-6-111. Price of swamp, internal improvement, seminary, saline, or school lands — Exemptions
(a) (1) No swamp, internal improvement, seminary, or saline lands shall be sold for less than two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) per acre, and no state school land shall be sold for less than two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) per acre nor for less than the market value ascertained by appraisement. (2) When […]