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AR Code § 18-50-116 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 4 - Mortgages And Liens|Chapter 50 - Statutory Foreclosures|§ 18-50-116. Miscellaneous provisions

 (a) The procedures set forth in this chapter for the foreclosure of a mortgage or deed of trust shall not impair or otherwise affect the right to bring a judicial action to foreclose a mortgage or deed of trust.  (b) A notice of default and intention to sell shall be filed within the time the foreclosure of the mortgage or deed of trust by judicial action could have been commenced.  (c) The procedures set forth in this chapter shall apply only if the mortgagee or beneficiary is a mortgage company as defined in § 18-50-101 or is a bank or savings and loan. This chapter shall not apply to a mortgage or a deed of trust encumbering trust property used primarily for agricultural purposes.  (d) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to:  (1) Create an implied right of redemption in favor of any person; or  (2)  (A) Impair the right of any person or entity to assert his or her legal and equitable rights in a court of competent jurisdiction.  (B) However, a claim or defense of a person or entity asserting his or her or its legal and equitable rights shall be asserted before the sale or it is forever barred and terminated, except that the mortgagor may assert the following against either the mortgagee or trustee:  (i) Fraud; or  (ii) Failure to strictly comply with the provisions of this chapter, including without limitation subsection (c) of this section.    (C)  (i) The claims or defenses described in subdivision (d)(2)(B) of this section may not be asserted against a subsequent purchaser for value of the property.  (ii) For purposes of this section, “purchaser for value” does not include the mortgagee or the trustee.        (e)  (1) At any time prior to the delivery of the trustee's or mortgagee's deed, the trustee or mortgagee shall be authorized to set aside a sale conducted pursuant to this chapter by declaring the sale null and void and returning the purchase price to the highest bidder without any further liability to the bidder.  (2) In this event, the trustee or mortgagee shall file an affidavit declaring the sale null and void with the recorder of the county in which the trust property is located, and all terms and provisions of the mortgage or deed of trust shall be revived and reinstated as if no sale had occurred.
AR Code § 18-50-117 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 4 - Mortgages And Liens|Chapter 50 - Statutory Foreclosures|§ 18-50-117. Foreign corporations and other entities

 No person, firm, company, association, fiduciary, or partnership, either domestic or foreign, shall avail themselves of the procedures under this chapter unless authorized to do business in this state.
AR Code § 18-61-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 5 - Civil Actions|Chapter 61 - Statutes of Limitations|§ 18-61-101. Actions to recover land, tenements, or hereditaments

 (a)  (1) No person or his or her heirs shall have, sue, or maintain any action or suit, either in law or equity, for any lands, tenements, or hereditaments after seven (7) years once his or her right to commence, have, or maintain the suit shall have come, fallen, or accrued.  (2) All suits, either in law or equity, for the recovery of any lands, tenements, or hereditaments shall be had and sued within seven (7) years next after the title or cause of action accrued and no time after the seven (7) years shall have passed.    (b) If any person who is, or shall be, entitled to commence and prosecute a suit or action in law or equity is, or shall be, at the time the right or title first accrued come or fallen within the age of twenty-one (21) or non compos mentis, the person or his or her heirs, shall and may, notwithstanding the seven (7) years may have expired, bring his or her suit or action if the infant or non compos mentis, or his or her heirs, shall bring it within three (3) years next after full age or coming of sound mind.  (c) No cumulative disability shall prevent the bar formed and constituted by the saving of this section.  (d) This section shall not apply to lands which have been sold to any improvement district of any kind or character for taxes due the districts, nor to any taxes due any improvement districts, but the lien of these taxes shall continue until paid.  (e)  (1) Subsections (a)-(c) of this section do not apply to the circumstances set forth in subdivisions (e)(2) and (3) of this section.  (2) The public's right to use an unpaved road established by an easement is abandoned if:  (A) Access is denied by a gate across the road; and  (B) The gate is closed and locked continuously, other than briefly to allow access by the owner or others with the owner's express permission, for one (1) year.    (3) An action to assert the public's right to use an unpaved road established by an easement is barred after the easement is abandoned under subdivision (e)(2) of this section.  (4) This subsection does not apply to:  (A) A road or highway maintained by the State of Arkansas;  (B) A road maintained or accepted for perpetual maintenance by a county;  (C) A road maintained by an improvement district;  (D) A road within the jurisdictional limits of a city of the first class or city of the second class; or  (E) The claim or right of any person, his or her heirs, successors, assigns, or tenants who use the unpaved road as a means of ingress and egress to lands owned or leased by that person, his or her heirs, successors, assigns, or tenants.
AR Code § 18-61-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 5 - Civil Actions|Chapter 61 - Statutes of Limitations|§ 18-61-102. Entry upon land or tenements — Exception for unpaved road easements

 (a) An entry upon lands or tenements shall not be deemed sufficient or valid as a claim unless an action is commenced thereon within one (1) year after the entry and within seven (7) years from the time when the right to make the entry descended or accrued.  (b) This section does not apply to the circumstances set forth in § 18-61-101(e)(2) and (3).
AR Code § 18-61-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 5 - Civil Actions|Chapter 61 - Statutes of Limitations|§ 18-61-103. Ejectment

 No action of ejectment, when the plaintiff does not claim title to the lands, shall be brought or maintained when the plaintiff, or his or her testator or intestate, has been five (5) years out of possession.
AR Code § 18-61-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 5 - Civil Actions|Chapter 61 - Statutes of Limitations|§ 18-61-104. Forcible entry and detainer — Unlawful detainer

 Three (3) years' peaceable and uninterrupted possession of the premises immediately preceding the filing of a complaint for forcible entry and detainer or unlawful detainer may be pleaded by any defendant in bar of the plaintiff's demand for possession.
AR Code § 18-61-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 5 - Civil Actions|Chapter 61 - Statutes of Limitations|§ 18-61-105. Recovery of lands sold at judicial sales generally

 All actions against the purchaser or his or her heirs or assigns for the recovery of lands sold at judicial sales shall be brought within five (5) years after the date of the sale and not thereafter, except for minors, persons of unsound mind, and persons imprisoned overseas, the period shall be three (3) years after this disability shall have been removed.
AR Code § 18-61-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 5 - Civil Actions|Chapter 61 - Statutes of Limitations|§ 18-61-106. Recovery of lands held under tax title

 (a) No action for the recovery of any lands or for the possession thereof against any person or persons, their heirs and assigns, who may hold such lands by virtue of a purchase thereof at a sale by the collector, or the Commissioner of State Lands, for the nonpayment of taxes, or who may have purchased the lands from the state by virtue of any act providing for the sale of lands forfeited to the state for the nonpayment of taxes, or who may hold the land under a donation deed from the state, shall be maintained, unless it appears that the plaintiff, his or her ancestors, predecessors, or grantors, was seized or possessed of the lands in question within two (2) years next before the commencement of the suit or action.  (b) This section shall not apply to lands which have been sold to any improvement district of any kind or character for taxes due such districts, nor to any taxes due any such improvement districts, but the lien of said taxes shall continue until paid.
AR Code § 19-1-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Subchapter 2 - Fiscal Duties of Department of Finance and Administration|§ 19-1-201. Chief Fiscal Officer of the State

 The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall be the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State.
AR Code § 19-1-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Subchapter 2 - Fiscal Duties of Department of Finance and Administration|§ 19-1-202. Secretary

 (a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall be at least thirty (30) years of age, of good moral character, and of demonstrated ability in the field of his or her employment.  (b) Before entering upon his or her duties of employment, the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall take, subscribe, and file in the office of the Secretary of State an oath or affirmation to support the United States Constitution and the Arkansas Constitution and to faithfully discharge the duties of the employment upon which he or she is about to enter.  (c)  (1) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall furnish bond to the state, with a corporate surety thereon, in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000), conditioned upon the faithful performance of his or her duties and for the proper accounting for all funds received and disbursed by him or her.  (2) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall be the disbursing agent for the Department of Finance and Administration but shall not be required to furnish additional bond as that disbursing agent, nor shall he or she be required to furnish additional bond as disbursing agent of other appropriations for which he or she may be designated disbursing agent under or pursuant to any law of this state unless so directed by the General Assembly.  (3) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration, if he or she deems it advisable, may require other employees of his or her office to furnish bond, in such penal sums as he or she shall determine.  (4)  (A) The original of the bond of the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, and an executed counterpart thereof shall be filed in the office of the Auditor of State.  (B) Any bonds which may be required of employees shall be filed with the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration.
AR Code § 19-1-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Subchapter 2 - Fiscal Duties of Department of Finance and Administration|§ 19-1-203. Deputy director

 The Deputy Director of the Department of Finance and Administration, acting under the authority granted to him or her by the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration, and under the laws relating to budget and accounting procedure, shall:   (1) Prepare and publish all necessary rules for carrying out the budget and accounting laws of the state and have the authority to require of any state agency the necessary fiscal information for carrying out such laws;  (2) Acting in behalf of the Governor and the secretary, prepare the preliminary budget information biennially to be submitted to the Legislative Council and to the members of the General Assembly for consideration of the budget requirements of all state agencies; and  (3) Be prepared, when called upon to do so, to appear before the Legislative Council and committees of the General Assembly for the purpose of supplying information and reporting upon the financial condition of the state or any of its agencies.
AR Code § 19-1-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Subchapter 2 - Fiscal Duties of Department of Finance and Administration|§ 19-1-204. Personnel

 (a) Except as otherwise provided for by this subchapter, all of the personnel of the Department of Finance and Administration shall be employed by and serve at the pleasure of the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration.  (b) Nothing contained in this subchapter shall be so construed as to inhibit the rights of any employees of the department who shall have gained civil service or merit system status under any law of this state.
AR Code § 19-1-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Subchapter 2 - Fiscal Duties of Department of Finance and Administration|§ 19-1-205. Office

 The Building Authority Division shall assign to the Department of Finance and Administration and divisions of the department suitable office space with the necessary conveniences for the transaction of the department's business and the safekeeping of the department's records.
AR Code § 19-1-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Subchapter 2 - Fiscal Duties of Department of Finance and Administration|§ 19-1-206. Seal

 The Governor shall procure an official seal for the Department of Finance and Administration. Every paper executed by the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration or by any other employee of the department and sealed with its official seal shall be received in evidence in any court or other tribunal and may be recorded in the same manner and with like effect as deeds regularly acknowledged.
AR Code § 19-1-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Subchapter 2 - Fiscal Duties of Department of Finance and Administration|§ 19-1-207. General accounting system

 The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall:   (1) Have the duty and responsibility of enforcing the general accounting and fiscal procedures of the State of Arkansas which have been placed upon him or her by law;  (2) Exercise supervision over the general accounting system of the state and of state agencies; and  (3) Maintain in his or her office a system of accounts and control which will at all times reflect:  (A) The unencumbered balance of all funds and accounts carried on the books of the Auditor of State and the Treasurer of State;  (B) The distribution and allotment of state revenues; and  (C) A detailed record of the receipts and expenditures of all State Treasury funds.
AR Code § 19-1-208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Subchapter 2 - Fiscal Duties of Department of Finance and Administration|§ 19-1-208. Rules

 The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration is vested with the authority to make such reasonable rules, not inconsistent with the law, as shall be necessary or desirable for the orderly discharge of the duties vested in the Department of Finance and Administration.
AR Code § 19-1-209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Subchapter 2 - Fiscal Duties of Department of Finance and Administration|§ 19-1-209. Publications required

 (a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall publish and furnish copies to all state agencies of such rules as are issued by him or her, pursuant to the provisions of law, providing for a general accounting procedure.  (b) The secretary shall also publish, not less often than biennially, a financial report covering the fiscal affairs of the state and state agencies and shall make the report available to:  (1) Members of the General Assembly;  (2) State agencies; and  (3) Others having an interest therein.
AR Code § 19-1-210 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Subchapter 2 - Fiscal Duties of Department of Finance and Administration|§ 19-1-210. Recordkeeping

 (a) For the purpose of effectively carrying out the fiscal procedures provided for by law, the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall have the authority to install such recordkeeping and other procedures in his or her own office and in other state offices and departments as he or she shall deem necessary or advisable.  (b) The secretary shall have the authority to require from any state agency any fiscal information which will be necessary for providing adequate records in his or her office and shall prescribe uniform records and forms for all vouchers and other documents which are to be transmitted to the Department of Finance and Administration.
AR Code § 19-1-211 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Subchapter 2 - Fiscal Duties of Department of Finance and Administration|§ 19-1-211. Investigations

 (a)  (1) In any matter within the jurisdiction of the Department of Finance and Administration, the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall have the power to make investigations and may delegate that power to any division or section head of the department.  (2) For this purpose, the secretary shall have the power to subpoena witnesses and require the production of any books, records, papers, or documents that may be material or relevant as evidence and to administer oaths to and take the testimony of witnesses.    (b)  (1) In case of disobedience to any subpoena or other process, the secretary may invoke the aid, with the written approval of the Governor, of the Pulaski County Circuit Court in requiring the testimony of witnesses and the production of evidence, books, records, papers, or documents.  (2)  (A) In case of refusal to obey the subpoena issued to any person, firm, or corporation, the circuit court shall issue an order calling such person, firm, or corporation to appear before the secretary or other employee designated by the secretary and to produce all books and papers so ordered and give evidence touching the matter in question.  (B) Any failure to obey the order of the circuit court may be punished by the circuit court as contempt of the circuit court.      (c) A subpoena for a witness may be issued by the secretary or by any division or section head of the department in whom any such authority may have been vested by the secretary and shall be served as provided by law for the service of other subpoenas.  (d)  (1)  (A) The failure or refusal of any witness to appear or to produce any books, papers, or documents required by the secretary and to submit them for inspection or the refusal to answer any relevant question propounded by the secretary shall constitute a violation punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).  (B) Each failure or refusal by any witness to appear or produce any such books, papers, or documents shall constitute a separate offense.    (2) False testimony given in any such inquiry shall constitute perjury punishable as provided by law.
AR Code § 19-1-212 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Subchapter 2 - Fiscal Duties of Department of Finance and Administration|§ 19-1-212. Duty to avoid deficit

 It shall be the duty and responsibility of the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration to:   (1) Keep advised at all times as to the revenues and other income available for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of all state agencies;  (2) Exercise the powers conferred upon him or her by law to see that the state and all state agencies are maintained on a basis of accounting recommended by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board for governmental purposes;  (3) See that no obligation shall be incurred which shall not be payable when the obligation shall become due; and  (4) Exercise his or her powers to see that the funds on hand and estimated to become available to each state agency shall be sufficient to maintain the state and all of its agencies on a sound financial basis without incurring a deficit.
AR Code § 19-1-213 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Subchapter 2 - Fiscal Duties of Department of Finance and Administration|§ 19-1-213. Leasing of state property

 (a) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration may lease, with approval of the Governor, any state property, real or personal, which is not needed for public use, and the leasing of which is not prohibited by law, where the authority to lease the property is not vested in any other state agency.  (b) No property shall be leased under this section for a term exceeding two (2) years.
AR Code § 19-1-214 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Subchapter 2 - Fiscal Duties of Department of Finance and Administration|§ 19-1-214. Federal gifts and surplusage

 The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration may enter into any contract with the United States Government or with any agency thereof for the purpose of accepting gifts and for the acquisition of surplus materials or property upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon without regard to the provisions of this subchapter or any other law that requires advertisement for bids or the soliciting or receiving of competitive bids.
AR Code § 19-1-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Subchapter 3 - Fiscal Impact Statements|§ 19-1-301. Definition

 As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “fiscal impact statement” means a realistic statement of the estimated financial cost of implementing or complying with the proposed law, rule, policy, order, or administrative law upon municipalities or counties to which the proposed law, rule, policy, order, or administrative law applies.
AR Code § 19-1-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Subchapter 3 - Fiscal Impact Statements|§ 19-1-302. Before adoption of rule, etc

 (a) No rule, policy, order, or administrative law which would have a fiscal impact on any municipality or county in this state shall be valid unless, thirty (30) days prior to its adoption by a board, commission, agency, department, officer, or other authority of the government of the State of Arkansas, excepting the General Assembly, the courts, and the Governor, the board, commission, agency, department, officer, or other authority has filed a fiscal impact statement with the Secretary of State.  (b) Any municipality or county which will be affected by the proposed rule, policy, order, or administrative law upon request shall immediately be furnished with a copy of the fiscal impact statement by the board, commission, agency, department, officer, or other authority.
AR Code § 19-1-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Subchapter 4 - Officers' Surety Bonds|§ 19-1-401. Exceptions

 All constitutional officers other than the Treasurer of State are exempt from the provisions of this subchapter.
AR Code § 19-1-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 19 - Public Finance|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Subchapter 4 - Officers' Surety Bonds|§ 19-1-402. Treasurer of State

 (a) The bond for the Treasurer of State shall be one million dollars ($1,000,000).  (b) The original of the bond required by this section to be filed by the Treasurer of State shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, and a copy shall be filed with the Auditor of State.