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AR Code § 18-60-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 5 - Civil Actions|Chapter 60 - Miscellaneous Proceedings Relating to Property|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 18-60-102. Injuring, destroying, or carrying away property of another

 (a) A person trespassing as follows shall pay a person injured treble the value of a thing damaged, broken, destroyed, or carried away, with costs, if the person shall:  (1) Cut down, injure, destroy, or carry away any tree placed or growing for use or shade or any timber, rails, or wood, standing, being, or growing on the land of another person;  (2) Dig up, quarry, or carry away any stone, ground, clay, turf, mold, fruit, or plants; or  (3) Cut down or carry away, any grass, grain, corn, cotton, tobacco, hemp, or flax, in which he or she has no interest or right, standing or being on any land not his or her own, or shall wilfully break the glass, or any part of it, in any building not his or her own.    (b) If any person trespasses upon land in violation of the provisions of this section and if the land is owned by several joint tenants, tenants in common, coparceners, or other co-owners, then any co-owner who has not given consent to the trespass shall be entitled to treble the value of the thing so damaged, broken, destroyed, or carried away, with costs, the treble damages to be computed according to the amount of the undivided interest of the co-owner.  (c) If on the trial of any action brought under the provisions of this section it shall appear that the defendant had probable cause to believe that the land on which the trespass is alleged to have been committed, or that the thing so taken, carried away, injured, or destroyed, was his or her own, the plaintiff in the action shall recover single damages only, with costs.
AR Code § 18-60-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 5 - Civil Actions|Chapter 60 - Miscellaneous Proceedings Relating to Property|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 18-60-103. Liability for damages by fire — Exception

 (a) If any person shall set on fire any grass or other combustible material within his or her enclosures so as to damage any other person, that person shall make satisfaction in single damages to the party injured, to be recovered by civil action in any court having jurisdiction of the amount sued for.  (b) If any person shall, before setting out fire, notify those persons whose farms are joining the place which he or she proposes to burn that he or she is going to fire such grass or other combustible matter and shall use all due caution to prevent such fire from getting out to the injury of any other person, he or she shall not be liable to pay damages as provided in this section.
AR Code § 18-60-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 5 - Civil Actions|Chapter 60 - Miscellaneous Proceedings Relating to Property|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 18-60-104. Leaving enclosure open

 If any person shall voluntarily throw down or open any doors, bars, gates, or fences and leave them down or open, other than those that lead into his or her own enclosure, he or she shall pay the party injured the sum of five dollars ($5.00) for each offense and double the amount of damages the parties may sustain by reason of the doors, bars, gates, or fences being thrown open or down, with costs.
AR Code § 18-60-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 5 - Civil Actions|Chapter 60 - Miscellaneous Proceedings Relating to Property|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 18-60-105. Improvements erroneously placed on adjoining lands

 (a) In all cases in which fences, buildings, or other improvements that may be moved have been erroneously placed or erected on lands adjoining land on which the fences, buildings, or other improvements were intended to be erected, the owner of the fences, buildings, or other improvements shall have twelve (12) months' time from the date of the discovery of the erroneous placing of the fences, buildings, or other improvements on the adjoining lands to remove the improvements and place them on his or her own land or premises.  (b) The owner of the fences, buildings, or other improvements so placed erroneously on the adjoining lands shall not be held responsible for any damages to the owner of the adjoining lands on which the fences, buildings, or other improvements were erected by reason of the erroneous erecting or building of the fences, buildings, or other improvements on the adjoining lands.
AR Code § 18-60-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 5 - Civil Actions|Chapter 60 - Miscellaneous Proceedings Relating to Property|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 18-60-106. Sale of lands of infants or individuals with mental illness

 (a) The sale of land of infants or individuals with mental illness shall not be deemed to be prohibited as being in contravention of the deed, will, or contract under which they hold unless a sale is expressly forbidden by the deed, will, or contract.  (b) When the legal title of land is held by a trustee, he or she shall be a party to the proceedings for its sale. In all other respects the proceedings for the sale of land held in trust for infants and individuals with mental illness shall be the same as when they hold the legal title, except that the trustees shall give bond and security instead of the guardian when the proceeds of sale are to go into the hands of the trustee.
AR Code § 18-60-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 5 - Civil Actions|Chapter 60 - Miscellaneous Proceedings Relating to Property|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 18-60-107. Liability for injuries in gathering farm products — Definition

 (a) No cause of action shall arise against the owner, tenant, or lessee of land or premises for injuries to any person who is on that land or premises for the purpose of gleaning agricultural or farm products, unless that person's injuries were caused by the gross negligence or willful and wanton misconduct of the owner, tenant, or lessee.  (b) No cause of action shall arise against the owner, tenant, or lessee of land or premises for injuries to any person, other than an employee or contractor of the owner, tenant, or lessee, who is on the land or premises for the purpose of picking and purchasing agricultural or farm products at a farm or “u-pick” operation, unless the person's injuries were caused by a condition which involved an unreasonable risk of harm and all of the following apply:  (1) The owner, tenant, or lessee knew or had reason to know of the condition or risk;  (2) The owner, tenant, or lessee failed to exercise reasonable care to make the condition safe or to warn the person of the condition or risk; and  (3) The person injured did not know or did not have reason to know of the condition or risk.    (c) As used in this section, “agricultural or farm products” means the natural products of the farm, nursery, grove, orchard, vineyard, garden, and apiary, including, but not limited to, trees and firewood.
AR Code § 18-60-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 5 - Civil Actions|Chapter 60 - Miscellaneous Proceedings Relating to Property|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 18-60-108. Liability of landowner for injury to trespasser — Definition

 (a)  (1) An owner, lessee, or occupant of land does not owe a duty of care to a trespasser on the land and is not liable for any injury to a trespasser on the land.  (2) No cause of action shall arise against the owner, lessee, or occupant of land until the presence of the trespasser on the premises is known, and then the owner, lessee, or occupant of the land shall be liable only for injuries caused by the willful or wanton misconduct of the owner, lessee, or occupant.    (b) This section does not affect the doctrine of attractive nuisance, except that the doctrine may not be the basis for liability of an owner, lessee, or occupant of agricultural land for any injury to a trespasser over the age of eighteen (18).  (c) As used in this section, “trespasser” means a person who enters on the property of another without permission and without an invitation, express or implied.
AR Code § 18-60-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 5 - Civil Actions|Chapter 60 - Miscellaneous Proceedings Relating to Property|Subchapter 2 - Ejectment and Trespass|§ 18-60-201. Right of action generally

 The action of ejectment may be maintained in all cases in which the plaintiff is legally entitled to the possession of the premises.
AR Code § 18-60-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 5 - Civil Actions|Chapter 60 - Miscellaneous Proceedings Relating to Property|Subchapter 2 - Ejectment and Trespass|§ 18-60-202. Actions relating to public lands

 (a) The action of ejectment may be maintained in all cases in which the plaintiff claims the possession of the premises under or by virtue of:  (1) An entry made with the register and receiver of the proper land office of the United States;  (2) A preemption right under the laws of the United States; or  (3) When an improvement has been made by him or her on any of the public lands of the United States, whether the lands have been surveyed or not, and when any person, other than those to whom the right of action is given by subdivisions (a)(1) and (2) of this section, is in possession of the improvement.    (b) An action of trespass may also be maintained in all the cases enumerated in subsection (a) of this section.  (c) The executor or administrator of any person who has died and who in his or her lifetime made improvements on any of the public lands of the United States, whether he or she had a right of preemption to the improvements or not under the laws of the United States, or whether the lands on which the improvements may have been made have been surveyed or not, may maintain an action of ejectment for the recovery of the improvement, to the same extent and with the same restrictions as provided by subsection (a) of this section, for their testator or intestate.
AR Code § 18-60-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 5 - Civil Actions|Chapter 60 - Miscellaneous Proceedings Relating to Property|Subchapter 2 - Ejectment and Trespass|§ 18-60-203. Possession claimed under state patents

 (a) The action of ejectment may be maintained in all cases when the plaintiff claims the possession of the premises under or by virtue of an entry made with the proper swampland agent or land agent of the proper land office of the State of Arkansas.  (b) The patent certificates granted by any of the named officers shall be evidence of title in the party to whom it is granted.
AR Code § 18-60-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 5 - Civil Actions|Chapter 60 - Miscellaneous Proceedings Relating to Property|Subchapter 2 - Ejectment and Trespass|§ 18-60-204. Parties

 (a) The action of ejectment shall be brought and prosecuted in the real names of the parties thereunto.  (b) The action may be brought against the person in possession of the premises claimed or his or her lessor, or both.  (c) The person from or through whom the defendant claims title to the premises may, on his or her motion, be made a codefendant.
AR Code § 18-60-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 5 - Civil Actions|Chapter 60 - Miscellaneous Proceedings Relating to Property|Subchapter 2 - Ejectment and Trespass|§ 18-60-205. Pleadings

 (a)  (1) In all actions for the recovery of lands, except in actions of forcible entry and unlawful detainer, the plaintiff shall set forth in his or her complaint all deeds and other written evidences of title on which he or she relies for the maintenance of his or her suit.  (2) The plaintiff shall file copies of the evidences as far as they can be obtained, as exhibits therewith, and shall state such facts as shall show a prima facie title in himself or herself to the land in controversy.    (b) The defendant in his or her answer shall plead in the same manner as required from the plaintiff. The defendant in his or her answer shall set forth exceptions to any of the documentary evidence relied on by the plaintiff to which he or she may wish to object, and the exceptions shall specifically note the objections taken.  (c) The plaintiff shall in the same manner, within three (3) days after the filing of the answer, unless longer time is given by the court, file like exceptions to any documentary evidence exhibited by the defendant.  (d) All the exceptions shall be passed on by the court and shall be sustained or overruled, as the law may require. If any exception is sustained to any of the evidence, it shall not be used at the trial unless the defect for which the exception is taken shall be covered by amendment.  (e) All objections to the evidence not specifically pointed out in the manner provided in this section shall be waived.
AR Code § 18-60-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 5 - Civil Actions|Chapter 60 - Miscellaneous Proceedings Relating to Property|Subchapter 2 - Ejectment and Trespass|§ 18-60-206. Proof required to recover

 (a) To entitle the plaintiff to recover, it shall be sufficient for him or her to show that, at the time of the commencement of the action, the defendant was in possession of the premises claimed and that the plaintiff had title thereto or had the right to the possession thereof as is declared by §§ 18-60-201 and 18-60-202 to be sufficient to maintain the action of ejectment.  (b) If the action is brought by a joint tenant or tenant in common against his or her cotenant, the plaintiff shall also be required to show at the trial that the defendant actually ousted him or her or did some act amounting to a total denial of his or her right as a cotenant.
AR Code § 18-60-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 5 - Civil Actions|Chapter 60 - Miscellaneous Proceedings Relating to Property|Subchapter 2 - Ejectment and Trespass|§ 18-60-207. Judgments

 (a) In all cases in which no other provision is made, the judgment, if for the plaintiff, shall be for the recovery of the possession of the premises and the damages and costs.  (b) If judgment should be rendered against the defendant, the judgment shall be for the recovery of the premises, and a writ of inquiry shall be awarded to assess the damages.
AR Code § 18-60-208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 5 - Civil Actions|Chapter 60 - Miscellaneous Proceedings Relating to Property|Subchapter 2 - Ejectment and Trespass|§ 18-60-208. Writ of possession

 When the judgment for the plaintiff is both for the recovery of the possession of the premises and for the damages, the plaintiff may have a writ of possession. The writ shall command the officer to whom it may be directed to deliver to the plaintiff possession of the premises and also command him or her to levy and collect the damages and costs, as in executions on judgments in personal actions.
AR Code § 18-60-209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 5 - Civil Actions|Chapter 60 - Miscellaneous Proceedings Relating to Property|Subchapter 2 - Ejectment and Trespass|§ 18-60-209. Recovery of damages

 (a) If the plaintiff prevails in the action, he or she shall recover by way of damages the rents and profits down to the time of assessing them.  (b) When the plaintiff or those under whom he or she claims title may have entered in any land office of the United States within this state the improvement of the defendant and the action is brought to recover the possession of the improvement the plaintiff shall recover no damages.
AR Code § 18-60-210 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 5 - Civil Actions|Chapter 60 - Miscellaneous Proceedings Relating to Property|Subchapter 2 - Ejectment and Trespass|§ 18-60-210. Execution for damages and costs only

 When the judgment for the plaintiff is only for damages and costs, execution may be issued thereon as on judgments in personal actions.
AR Code § 18-60-211 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 5 - Civil Actions|Chapter 60 - Miscellaneous Proceedings Relating to Property|Subchapter 2 - Ejectment and Trespass|§ 18-60-211. Expiration of right to possession pending action

 If the right of the plaintiff to the possession of the premises expires after the commencement of the action and before the trial, the verdict shall be returned according to the facts and judgment shall be entered only for the damages and costs.
AR Code § 18-60-212 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 5 - Civil Actions|Chapter 60 - Miscellaneous Proceedings Relating to Property|Subchapter 2 - Ejectment and Trespass|§ 18-60-212. 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 his or her heirs or assigns, who may hold such lands by virtue of a purchase thereof at a sale by the collector or Commissioner of State Lands, for the nonpayment of taxes, or who may have purchased them from the state by virtue of any act providing for the sale of lands forfeited to the state or 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 were seized or possessed of the lands in question within two (2) years next before the commencement of the 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 the districts nor to any taxes due any improvement districts, but the lien of the taxes shall continue until paid.  (c) The person, or his or her heirs or assigns, claiming any land mentioned in subsection (a) of this section shall, before the issuing of any writ, file in the office of the clerk of the proper court an affidavit setting forth that the claimant has tendered to the purchaser or purchasers thereof, or his or her agent or legal representative, the full amount of all taxes and costs first paid on account of the lands, with interest thereon at the rate of one hundred percent (100%) upon the amount first paid for the lands and twenty-five percent (25%) upon all costs and taxes paid upon the land thereafter, from the time the costs and taxes were paid, and also the full value of all improvements of whatever kind and description made on the lands, by the purchaser or purchasers, his or her heirs or assigns, or tenants, and that it has been refused.  (d) If any action shall be brought in any court of record in this state against any purchaser, or his or her heirs or assigns, holding any lands as specified in subsection (a) of this section, and it shall appear to the satisfaction of the court that no affidavit, as required in subsection (c) of this section, was filed previous to the commencement thereof, it shall be the duty of the court to dismiss the action at the cost of the plaintiff.  (e) If judgment shall be given against any purchaser, or his or her heirs or assigns who hold any lands as provided for in subsection (a) of this section in favor of any person claiming them, no matter by what manner of title, the judgment shall only be for the possession of the premises in question, and damages shall be assessed in favor of the defendant for the full amount of all taxes, costs, and interest provided for in subsection (c) of this section, together with the full value of all improvements of whatever kind and description made thereon, for which judgment shall be entered in favor of the defendant, and it shall be a lien upon the lands until satisfied.
AR Code § 18-60-213 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 5 - Civil Actions|Chapter 60 - Miscellaneous Proceedings Relating to Property|Subchapter 2 - Ejectment and Trespass|§ 18-60-213. Recovery for improvements and taxes paid on land of another

 (a) If any person believing himself or herself to be the owner, either in law or equity, under color of title has peaceably improved, or shall peaceably improve, any land which upon judicial investigation shall be decided to belong to another, the value of the improvement made as stated and the amount of all taxes which may have been paid on the land by the person, and those under whom he or she claims, shall be paid by the successful party to the occupant, or the person under whom, or from whom, he or she entered and holds, before the court rendering judgment in the proceedings shall cause possession to be delivered to the successful party.  (b)  (1) The court or jury trying the cause shall assess the value of the improvements in the same action in which the title to the lands is adjudicated.  (2) On the trial, the damages sustained by the owner of the lands from waste and any mesne profits as may be allowed by law shall also be assessed.    (c)  (1) If the value of the improvements made by the occupant and the taxes paid as stated in subsection (a) of this section shall exceed the amount of the damages and mesne profits combined, the court shall enter an order as a part of the final judgment providing that no writ shall issue for the possession of the lands in favor of the successful party until payment has been made to the occupant of the balance due him or her for the improvements and the taxes paid.  (2) This amount shall be a lien on the lands, which may be enforced by equitable proceedings at any time within three (3) years after the date of the judgment.    (d) In recoveries against the occupants, no account for any mesne profits shall be allowed unless they shall have accrued within three (3) years prior to the commencement of the suit in which they may be claimed.  (e) In any of these equitable proceedings, the court may allow to the owner of the lands, as a setoff against the value of the improvements and taxes, the value of all rents accruing after the date of the judgment in which it has been allowed.
AR Code § 18-60-214 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 5 - Civil Actions|Chapter 60 - Miscellaneous Proceedings Relating to Property|Subchapter 2 - Ejectment and Trespass|§ 18-60-214. Lien of tax deed holder for improvement by reason of survey

 (a)  (1) If any person believing himself or herself to be the owner, either in law or equity, under a clerk's tax deed or a Commissioner of State Lands' forfeited land deed, containing a valid and proper description constituting color of title, has, or shall, peaceably improve any land by having the boundaries surveyed and corners established by the county surveyor of the county in which the land is situated and, upon judicial investigation of the title to the land, it is found that the forfeiture for nonpayment of taxes is void and that the land belongs to another or that the former owner is entitled to redeem from the tax forfeiture, the value of the improvement to the land by reason of the survey shall be paid by the successful party to the holder of the tax deed.  (2) The holder of the tax deed shall have a lien on the lands for this amount, which may be enforced by equitable proceedings at any time within three (3) years after the date of the judgment.    (b) This section shall not repeal any statute providing for recovery of improvements and betterments but shall be cumulative to § 18-60-213(a) and to all other existing laws not inconsistent with it.