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AR Code § 14-15-309 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 15 - Officers|Subchapter 3 - County Coroners|§ 14-15-309. Mass fatality resource inventory and mutual aid agreement

 (a) As used in this section:  (1) “Fixed assets” means items that are permanently located but can be made available for use, including without limitation:  (A) Office space;  (B) Body refrigeration units;  (C) Personnel rehabilitation areas; and  (D) Equipment storage facilities;    (2) “Mobile assets” means items that can be transported to an affected area, including without limitation:  (A) Personal protective equipment such as masks, tyvek suits, gloves, boots, environmental protection, and hazards protection;  (B) Investigative equipment such as cameras, measuring devices, collection bags, and labeling devices;  (C) Body recovery equipment such as sheets, body bags, ropes, boards, and stretchers;  (D) Administrative equipment for the purposes of data recording, financial management, and records preservation; and  (E) Vehicular equipment such as cars, trucks, vans, trailers, and boats; and    (3) “Personnel assets” means:  (A) Coroners, deputy coroners, and medicolegal death investigators; and  (B) Other individuals or entities that possess specialized skills necessary for the comprehensive investigation of deaths in a mass fatality incident.      (b)  (1) The Department of Health may enter into a mass fatality resource inventory and mutual aid agreement among coroners in this state.  (2) A mass fatality resource inventory and mutual aid agreement under this section is effective when signed by the county judge in a county in which a coroner enters into an agreement under subdivision (b)(1) of this section.  (3) A mass fatality resource inventory and mutual aid agreement under this section may provide for the sharing of fixed assets, mobile assets, and personnel assets.    (c) The signatures of the county judge and the coroner are necessary for a county to pledge its deputies, equipment, and resources to the mass fatality mutual aid agreement.  (d) Only a coroner, deputy coroner, or medicolegal death investigator who receives documentation reflecting satisfactory participation and completion from the commission and is in good standing under this section may be allocated for assignment and duty in the mass fatality resource inventory and mutual aid agreement.  (e) The Department of Health shall maintain records of coroners, deputy coroners, and medicolegal death investigators who have received training and certificates of course completion under this section from the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training.
AR Code § 14-15-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 15 - Officers|Subchapter 4 - Recorders|§ 14-15-401. Duties generally

 (a)  (1) There shall be established in each county in this state an office to be styled the county recorder's office, which shall be kept at the seat of justice of each county.  (2)  (A) Unless otherwise provided by law, the county recorder is the circuit clerk of the county.  (B) In a county that under law has assigned the duties of the county recorder to the county clerk, all Arkansas Code references to circuit clerk that concern recording functions shall mean the county clerk.      (b) The county recorder:  (1) Shall duly attend to the duties of the county recorder's office;  (2) Shall provide and keep in the county recorder's office well-bound books in which the county recorder shall record in a fair and legible hand all instruments of writing authorized or required to be recorded in the manner provided; and  (3)  (A) May implement electronic filing and searching provisions and procedures under the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act, § 14-2-301 et seq.  (B) Unless a county recorder has implemented the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act, § 14-2-301 et seq., the transmission of an electronic document to the county recorder has no legal effect.  (C) A person that seeks to record an electronic document is solely responsible for determining if a county recorder has implemented the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act, § 14-2-301 et seq.
AR Code § 14-15-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 15 - Officers|Subchapter 4 - Recorders|§ 14-15-402. Instruments to be recorded

 (a) It shall be the duty of each recorder to record in the books provided for his or her office all deeds, mortgages, conveyances, deeds of trust, bonds, covenants, defeasances, affidavits, powers of attorney, assignments, contracts, agreements, leases, or other instruments of writing of or writing concerning any lands and tenements or goods and chattels, which shall be proved or acknowledged according to law, that are authorized to be recorded in his or her office.  (b)  (1) To be accepted by the county recorder for recording purposes, all documents shall:  (A) Be on eight and one-half by eleven inch (8½"x11") paper;  (B) Have a two and one-half inch (2.5") margin at the right top of the first page, one-half inch (0.5") margin on the sides and bottoms of all pages, and a two and one-half inch (2.5") margin at the bottom of the last page;  (C) Have an area reserved on the top right of the first page for the file mark of the recorder;  (D) Contain the following information:  (i) The title of the document; and  (ii) The name of the grantor and grantee, when applicable;    (E) Be acknowledged or otherwise executed as permitted by § 16-47-107 or § 18-12-208; and  (F) Be legible.    (2)  (A) The county recorder shall have the discretion to waive the requirements of subdivision (b)(1) of this section for:  (i) Good cause; and  (ii) Any document that complies with the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act, § 14-2-301 et seq.    (B) All documents and instruments executed before January 1, 2004, shall be exempt from the requirements of subdivision (b)(1) of this section.  (C) All surveys and plats shall be exempt from the requirements of subdivision (b)(1) of this section.    (3) A county recorder shall not refuse to record a document that has been executed in a manner permitted by § 16-47-107 or § 18-12-208.
AR Code § 14-15-403 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 15 - Officers|Subchapter 4 - Recorders|§ 14-15-403. Instruments affecting title to property

 (a) No instrument by which the title to real estate or personal property, or any interest therein, or lien thereon, is conveyed, created, encumbered, assigned, or otherwise affected or disposed of shall be received for record or filing by the recorder unless:  (1) The name and address of the person who, and the governmental agency, if any, which, prepared the instrument appears on the face of the first page thereof; and  (2) The name is either printed, typewritten, stamped, or signed in a legible manner.    (b) An instrument will be in compliance with this section if it contains a statement in the following form:  (c) The receipt for record or filing of any instrument by the recorder without complying with the provisions of this section shall not prevent the instrument from becoming notice as provided by law.  (d)  (1) Any fee charged by the recorder for recording or filing of any instrument which does not conform with the provisions of this section shall be returned by the recorder to the person who paid the fee upon request, if made within six (6) months after recording or filing of the instrument.  (2) If no such request is made within that time, the fee shall be paid into the county general fund by the recorder.    (e) This section does not apply to any instrument executed prior to August 1, 1959, nor to any decree, order, judgment, writ of any court, will, or death certificate.    “This instrument was prepared by , (name) ” (address)   Click to view form.
AR Code § 14-15-404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 15 - Officers|Subchapter 4 - Recorders|§ 14-15-404. Effect of recording instruments affecting title to property

 (a)  (1) Every deed, bond, or instrument of writing affecting the title, in law or equity, to any real or personal property within this state which is or may be required by law to be acknowledged or proved and recorded shall be constructive notice to all persons from the time the instrument is filed for record in the office of the county recorder of the proper county.  (2)  (A) A document filed under the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act, § 14-2-301 et seq., is filed of record within the meaning of this subsection if recorded under § 14-15-407 during the county recorder's regular business hours.  (B) A document received after the county recorder's regular business hours shall be recorded in the order received.      (b) No deed, bond, or instrument of writing for the conveyance of any real estate, or by which the title thereto may be affected in law or equity, made or executed after December 21, 1846, shall be good or valid against a subsequent purchaser of the real estate for a valuable consideration without actual notice thereof or against any creditor of the person executing such an instrument obtaining a judgment or decree which by law may be a lien upon the real estate unless the deed, bond, or instrument, duly executed and acknowledged or proved as required by law, is filed for record in the office of the clerk and ex officio recorder of the county where the real estate is situated.
AR Code § 14-15-406 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 15 - Officers|Subchapter 4 - Recorders|§ 14-15-406. Recording certified copies of bankruptcy proceedings

 (a) The recorder of deeds of any county where any land in which a bankrupt or a debtor in any proceeding under the act of United States Congress relating to bankruptcy has any interest is located shall receive for record, and record, a certified copy of any pleading, decree, order, or other paper filed in the proceeding which any act of the United States Congress provides may be recorded in the records of such a county.  (b) The record shall impart notice to all persons of the bankruptcy proceeding and of the contents of the certified copy.  (c) The certified copy of the pleading, decree, order, or other paper shall be recorded and indexed in the record of deeds in the office of the recorder in the name of the bankrupt or debtor as grantor, and in the name of the trustee or receiver in bankruptcy or other person, if any, to whom the interest, or any part thereof, may pass by virtue of law or of the decree, order, or other paper as grantee.  (d) The recorder shall charge and collect the same fee for filing and recording any such document as is provided by law for filing, indexing, and recording deeds.
AR Code § 14-15-407 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 15 - Officers|Subchapter 4 - Recorders|§ 14-15-407. Manner of recording

 Without delay, each recorder shall record every deed, mortgage, conveyance, deed of trust, bond, or other writing delivered to him or her for record with the acknowledgment, proofs, and certificates written on or attached to the writing and all other papers therein referred to and annexed thereto in the order and as of the time when the writing has been delivered for record by:   (1) Entering them word for word and letter for letter;  (2) Noting at the foot of each record all interlineations, erasures, and words visibly written on erasures; and  (3) Noting at the foot of the record the date of the month and year when the instrument so recorded was delivered to him or her or deposited in his or her office for record.
AR Code § 14-15-408 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 15 - Officers|Subchapter 4 - Recorders|§ 14-15-408. Tender of fees required

 No recorder shall be required to endorse any instrument presented to him or her for record as filed or to record the instrument unless the fees for recording and the tax thereon, if any, are first tendered to him or her, nor shall any recorder be subject to any action or liable in any manner for a failure or refusal to record any instrument unless the fees are first tendered.
AR Code § 14-15-409 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 15 - Officers|Subchapter 4 - Recorders|§ 14-15-409. Entry of instruments

 When any deed, mortgage, deed of trust, bond, conveyance, or other instrument of writing authorized by law to be recorded is deposited in the recorder's office for record, the recorder shall enter in a book to be provided for that purpose in alphabetical order:   (1) The names of the persons;  (2) The date and the nature of the instrument; and  (3) The time of delivery for record.
AR Code § 14-15-410 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 15 - Officers|Subchapter 4 - Recorders|§ 14-15-410. Receipt for instrument filed

 When any deed, mortgage, deed of trust, bond, conveyance, or other instrument of writing authorized by law to be recorded shall be deposited in the recorder's office for record, the recorder shall give to the person delivering the instrument, if required, a receipt specifying the particulars of it.
AR Code § 14-15-411 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 15 - Officers|Subchapter 4 - Recorders|§ 14-15-411. Endorsement of filing time

 (a) It shall be the duty of the recorder to endorse the precise time the instrument is filed for record in his or her office on every deed, bond, or instrument of writing affecting the title in law or equity to any property, real or personal, within this state which is or may be required by law to be acknowledged or proved and recorded.  (b) It shall be the duty of the recorder to endorse on every mortgage filed in his or her office for record, and note in the record, the precise time the mortgage was filed for record.
AR Code § 14-15-412 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 15 - Officers|Subchapter 4 - Recorders|§ 14-15-412. Certification of recording

 (a) Every deed, mortgage, conveyance, deed of trust, bond, or other instrument of writing shall be considered as recorded from the time it was delivered for record.  (b) The recorder shall certify and attach to every such deed, mortgage, conveyance, deed of trust, bond, and other instrument of writing so recorded:  (1) The day, month, and year when he or she received it; and  (2) The book and page in which it is recorded.
AR Code § 14-15-413 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 15 - Officers|Subchapter 4 - Recorders|§ 14-15-413. Return of instrument

 When recorded, the recorder shall deliver the deed, mortgage, conveyance, deed of trust, bond, or other instrument of writing to the party entitled to the instrument on his or her order.
AR Code § 14-15-414 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 15 - Officers|Subchapter 4 - Recorders|§ 14-15-414. Indexes to record books

 (a)  (1) Each recorder shall provide and keep in the recorder's office a well-bound book and make and enter in alphabetical order in the book an index to all books of record wherein deeds, mortgages, or other instruments in writing concerning lands and tenements are recorded, distinguishing the books and pages in which every deed or writing is recorded.  (2) The index shall contain:  (A) The names of the several grantors and grantees in alphabetical order;  (B) In case the deed is made by a sheriff, the name of the sheriff and the defendant in the execution;  (C) If by executors or administrators, their names and the names of their testator or intestate;  (D) If by attorney, the name of the attorney and his or her constituent; and  (E) If by a commissioner, the name of the commissioner and the person whose estate is conveyed.    (3) Each recorder shall make a reference in the several indexes of all deeds and conveyances that may be recorded, so as to afford, at all times, an easy reference to the records.  (4)  (A) If an assignment or a satisfaction or release of a mortgage, deed of trust, or other lien is presented for recording, the assignment, satisfaction, or release shall state:  (i) The date the mortgage, deed of trust, or other lien was recorded; and  (ii) The instrument number, book and page numbers, or other recording reference at which the mortgage, deed of trust, or other lien appears of record.    (B) The recorder shall note in the index of the book or record in which the assignment, satisfaction, or release is recorded:  (i) The book and page numbers, instrument number, or other recording reference for the mortgage, deed of trust, or other lien assigned, satisfied, or released; and  (ii) The name of the mortgagor or grantor under which the mortgage, deed of trust, or other lien is indexed.        (b) In a similar manner, each recorder shall make, keep, and preserve:  (1) A full and perfect alphabetical index to all books of record in his or her office in which all deeds and instruments of writing in relation to personal property, marriage contracts, certificates of marriage, and all other papers are recorded; and  (2) A similar index of all the books of record in which commissions and official bonds are recorded, the name of the officers appointed, the obligors in any bond recorded, and a reference to the book and page where they are recorded.
AR Code § 14-15-415 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 15 - Officers|Subchapter 4 - Recorders|§ 14-15-415. Destruction of chattel mortgages

 Circuit clerks are authorized to destroy all chattel mortgages previously filed where the due date of the obligation secured has expired six (6) years or more prior to date of destruction, together with all bound records of the chattel mortgages containing the index or abstract thereof, except such records as are utilized for the purpose of abstracting claims of wheelwright liens.
AR Code § 14-15-416 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 15 - Officers|Subchapter 4 - Recorders|§ 14-15-416. Failure to perform duty

 Any recorder to whom any deed or other writing proved or acknowledged according to law is delivered for record shall forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500), to be recovered by action on his or her official bond, one-half (½) to the use of the county and one-half (½) to the use of the person who shall sue for it, and he or she shall also be liable to any person injured for all damages he or she may have sustained thereby, to be recovered by action on the official bond of the recorder if the recorder:   (1) Neglects or refuses to make an entry or give a receipt therefor, as required by §§ 14-15-402, 14-15-409, and 14-15-410;  (2) Neglects or refuses to record the deed or writing within a reasonable time after receiving the deed or writing;  (3) Records any deed or instrument of writing before another first deposited in his or her office and entitled to be recorded;  (4) Records any deed or other writing incorrectly; or  (5) Neglects or refuses to provide and keep in his or her office such indices as required by § 14-15-414.
AR Code § 14-15-417 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 15 - Officers|Subchapter 4 - Recorders|§ 14-15-417. Willful neglect of duty

 If any recorder willfully neglects to perform any of the duties required of him or her by §§ 14-15-401, 14-15-402, 14-15-407, 14-15-409 — 14-15-414, and 14-14-416 — 14-15-420 or willfully performs them in any other manner than is required by law, he or she shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor in office and shall be proceeded against accordingly.
AR Code § 14-15-418 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 15 - Officers|Subchapter 4 - Recorders|§ 14-15-418. Action on bond

 If any person shall be damaged by the conduct of the recorder, that person may commence an action on his or her official bond in the name of the state to his or her use.
AR Code § 14-15-419 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 15 - Officers|Subchapter 4 - Recorders|§ 14-15-419. Seal

 The seal of the circuit court shall be the seal of the recorder and shall be used as such in all cases in which his or her official seal may be required.
AR Code § 14-15-420 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 15 - Officers|Subchapter 4 - Recorders|§ 14-15-420. Books and accounts

 Each recorder shall provide suitable books for his or her office and keep regular and faithful accounts of the expenses thereof. These accounts shall be audited by the county court and be paid out of the county treasury.
AR Code § 14-15-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 15 - Officers|Subchapter 5 - Sheriffs — Generally|§ 14-15-501. Conservator of peace — Recognizances

 (a) Each sheriff shall be a conservator of the peace in his or her county and shall cause all offenders against the laws of this state, in his or her view or hearing, to enter into recognizance to keep the peace and appear at the next term of the circuit court of the county and, on the failure of the offender to enter into recognizance, to commit him or her to jail.  (b) The sheriff shall certify to the clerk of the circuit court all recognizances taken by him or her.
AR Code § 14-15-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 15 - Officers|Subchapter 5 - Sheriffs — Generally|§ 14-15-502. Validity of bonds

 No bond entered into by a sheriff shall be deemed void for not having the approval of the court or clerk endorsed thereon.
AR Code § 14-15-503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 15 - Officers|Subchapter 5 - Sheriffs — Generally|§ 14-15-503. Powers of deputies

 (a) Every deputy sheriff appointed as provided by law shall possess all the powers of his or her principal and may perform any of the duties required by law to be performed by the sheriff.  (b) Deputy sheriffs are authorized to make arrests for misdemeanor offenses and felony offenses and exercise all other powers as deputy sheriffs while in the course of their employment for planned community property owners' associations or suburban improvement districts.  (c) Every deputy sheriff so appointed shall possess the minimum qualifications as provided by law.  (d) Planned community property owners' associations shall purchase and maintain liability insurance to protect deputy sheriffs employed by such associations. Liability insurance coverage shall be in a principal amount of no less than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for each deputy sheriff employed by the association.
AR Code § 14-15-504 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 2 - County Government|Chapter 15 - Officers|Subchapter 5 - Sheriffs — Generally|§ 14-15-504. Additional personnel for new jails

 In any county in this state in which newly constructed jail facilities have been put into use since November 1, 1975, the quorum court of the county is authorized to provide additional positions for the county sheriff's office, in addition to those positions authorized in Acts 1975, No. 830 [repealed], and to prescribe the compensation and allowances for persons holding such positions.