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Home » US Law » 2020 Arkansas Code » Title 18 - Property » Subtitle 2 - Real Property » Chapter 12 - Conveyances » Subchapter 2 - Acknowledgment and Proof of Instruments

§ 18-12-204. Attestation of acknowledgments

(a) In cases of acknowledgment or proof of deeds or conveyances of real estate taken within the United States or territories thereof, when taken before any court or officer having a seal of office, the deed or conveyance shall be attested under the seal of office. If the officer has no seal of office, then […]

§ 18-12-205. Certificate of acknowledgment

(a) Any court or officer that takes a proof or an acknowledgment of any instrument affecting real property shall grant a certificate of the proof or acknowledgment. (b) The court or officer shall cause the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment to be endorsed on the instrument affecting real property. (c) The certificate of the […]

§ 18-12-208. Defects

(a) All deeds, conveyances, deeds of trust, mortgages, marriage contracts, and other instruments in writing affecting or purporting to affect the title to any real estate or personal property situated in this state, which have been recorded and which are defective or ineffectual because: (1) Of failure to comply with § 18-12-403; (2) The officer […]

§ 18-12-209. Recorded deed or written instrument affecting real estate

(a) Every deed or instrument in writing which conveys or affects real estate and which is acknowledged or proved and certified as prescribed by this act may, together with the certificate of acknowledgment, proof, or relinquishment of dower, be recorded by the recorder of the county where such land to be conveyed or affected thereby […]