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AR Code § 22-6-404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 6 - Sale Or Other Disposition Of State Lands|Subchapter 4 - Swamp and Overflowed Lands|§ 22-6-404. Preemption rights

 (a) Any person who, either in person or by and through his or her tenants, resides on or cultivates any of the swamp and overflowed lands which may have been confirmed to the state shall have a preemption right to the lands to be proved as provided in this section.  (b) Should the person, firm, or corporation making an application to purchase the lands show by affidavit of at least three (3) reliable and disinterested persons that he or she, either in person or by and through his or her tenants, is in actual possession of the lands under color of title and that he or she and those under whom he or she claims title have been in the actual possession thereof for more than fifteen (15) years prior to the passage of this subchapter together with the certificate of the clerk of the county court showing that the lands described in the petition of the applicant have been regularly assessed on the tax books of the county in which they are located for more than twenty (20) years prior to the passage of this subchapter, and that the taxes so assessed have been paid by the applicant or those under whom he or she claims title, then the Commissioner of State Lands shall execute a deed or patent conveying to the applicant all the right, title, claim, and interest which the State of Arkansas may have acquired in and to the lands upon the applicant's paying into the State Treasury the sum of one dollar ($1.00) per acre for the lands described in his or her application, together with a fee of one dollar ($1.00) to the Commissioner of State Lands for the execution of the deed.
AR Code § 22-6-405 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 6 - Sale Or Other Disposition Of State Lands|Subchapter 4 - Swamp and Overflowed Lands|§ 22-6-405. Conflicting claims

 (a) When there are conflicting claims to swamp and overflowed lands, the Commissioner of State Lands may administer oaths and shall decide, upon proper notice to the parties and upon hearing testimony and statements under oath, to whom the patent certificate shall be issued in accordance with the law on the subject and shall issue the patent certificate accordingly.  (b) Should the other party whose claim is not allowed desire a certificate for the Auditor of State, upon which to have the amount paid by him or her for the land refunded, the Commissioner of State Lands shall issue the necessary certificate to enable him or her to do so, upon his or her surrendering his or her original certificate to the Commissioner of State Lands.
AR Code § 22-6-406 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 6 - Sale Or Other Disposition Of State Lands|Subchapter 4 - Swamp and Overflowed Lands|§ 22-6-406. Disposition of moneys

 All moneys paid into the State Treasury for the purchase of swamp and overflowed lands shall be appropriated by the General Assembly for purposes which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of the terms of 9 Stat. 519, Ch. 84.
AR Code § 22-6-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 6 - Sale Or Other Disposition Of State Lands|Subchapter 5 - Tax-Forfeited Lands|§ 22-6-502. Oil, gas, and mineral rights

 (a) Where tax-forfeited lands are disposed of by the state by return to private ownership by sale or redemption, the oil, gas, and mineral rights shall be a part of the fee and shall be conveyed with it, and the deeds shall not contain any restrictive covenants or reservations relative to the oil, gas, and mineral rights.  (b) Where tax-forfeited lands have previously been leased for oil and gas purposes and the lease is still in effect, a return of the lands to private ownership by sale or redemption shall not affect the validity of the existing lease, but at the expiration thereof, the oil, gas, and mineral rights of the lands shall attach and become a part of the fee and pass to the owner of the fee.  (c) Oil, gas, and mineral rights in tax-forfeited lands which have been reserved in any deed from the state conveying the lands shall immediately pass to the present owners of the fee title to the lands. This provision shall not terminate any existing lease on such rights, but at the expiration of any existing lease, the rights shall pass to the owner of the fee.  (d) When so requested by the owner of any lands conveyed under the provisions of §§ 22-5-206, 22-5-301 — 22-5-305 [repealed], 22-5-307, and 22-5-308 — 22-5-311 [repealed], in which the coal, oil, gas, and mineral rights were reserved to the State of Arkansas, the Commissioner of State Lands shall, upon the filing of an affidavit of ownership of the surface rights so sold and the payment of a deed fee of five dollars ($5.00), issue to the owner of the lands a deed quitclaiming all interest of the State of Arkansas in and to all the coal, oil, gas, and mineral rights reserved in the deeds in the proportion that the surface rights in the lands owned bear to the whole tract sold.
AR Code § 22-6-503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 6 - Sale Or Other Disposition Of State Lands|Subchapter 5 - Tax-Forfeited Lands|§ 22-6-503. Recording in county — Fees

 (a) All deeds issued by the Commissioner of State Lands for lands, including city and town lots which have been certified for the nonpayment of taxes, shall be forwarded or delivered to the recorder of the county in which the lands, including city and town lots, are located, and the recorder shall record the deeds prior to their delivery to the purchaser or redeemer.  (b) Fees for recording the deeds shall be paid by the purchaser or redeemer at the time of making application to purchase or redeem the lands.
AR Code § 22-6-504 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 6 - Sale Or Other Disposition Of State Lands|Subchapter 5 - Tax-Forfeited Lands|§ 22-6-504. Refund when state's title fails

 (a) The Arkansas State Claims Commission is authorized and empowered to make refunds of amounts received by the state for the purchase or redemption of tax-forfeited lands or of funds received by the state from the sale of islands when it has been determined by the commission that the State of Arkansas has no further right, title, interest, or claim in or to the land or islands.  (b) No refund for more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) may be made under this section to any one (1) individual, firm, or corporation during any fiscal year.  (c) One who claims a refund under this section shall furnish to the commission evidence which satisfies the commission that he or she is entitled to a refund and that the claimant has made diligent effort, where title failed by reason of a court proceeding, to require the plaintiff to pay all sums due the state at the time of sale by the state.  (d) Any claimant for a refund of purchase money shall be chargeable with the value of any timber, stone, or mineral or other thing of value sold, destroyed, or removed from the lands or islands involved.  (e) No refund shall be made under this section except the amount in excess of the sum legally due the state at the time of purchase or redemption.  (f) Any taxes or sums in lieu thereof, paid by anyone since the sale to the state, shall not be included in the amount, if any, determined to be due the state.  (g) The commission shall in each case determine the amount that should be refunded under the provisions of this section.  (h) The Director of the Arkansas State Claims Commission is designated the disbursing officer for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section.
AR Code § 22-6-602 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 6 - Sale Or Other Disposition Of State Lands|Subchapter 6 - Lands of State Institutions|§ 22-6-602. Reimbursement of counties for use of lands

 (a) It is declared the policy of the State of Arkansas to reimburse, annually or biennially, the counties from which the State of Arkansas has acquired or may acquire title to, or use of, acreage farm lands aggregating more than one thousand (1,000) acres for the use of its penal farms or other state institutions in the proportion that the value of the acreage acquired or used bears to the total real value of the counties.  (b) The benefit assessment on all of the state's acquired acreage shall be in favor of any and all improvement districts comprising the lands.
AR Code § 22-6-603 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 6 - Sale Or Other Disposition Of State Lands|Subchapter 6 - Lands of State Institutions|§ 22-6-603. Donation of lands for highway uses

 (a) The respective boards charged with the management or control of the charitable, penal, or correctional institutions and institutions of higher education of the State of Arkansas and other agencies of the state are authorized and empowered to donate, without compensation to the public, rights-of-way over or along lands under the control of the boards or agencies to counties, municipalities, road districts, or other public agencies for use as public highways, roads, or streets, when, in the discretion of the respective governing bodies of the state institutions and agencies, it may be deemed necessary or proper.  (b) The donations may be upon such terms, restrictions, or conditions as the boards or agencies may impose, and the boards and agencies are empowered to execute deeds or conveyances for the rights-of-way.
AR Code § 22-7-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 7 - Federal Property In Arkansas|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 22-7-101. Purchase of real property by United States — Limited cession of jurisdiction — Right to tax

 (a) The State of Arkansas consents to the purchase by the United States of any site or ground for the erection of any armory, arsenal, fort, fortification, navy yard, customhouse, lighthouse, lock, dam, fish hatchery, or other public buildings of any kind.  (b) The jurisdiction of this state within and over all grounds purchased by the United States within the limits of this state is ceded to the United States, except that this cession of jurisdiction shall not prevent execution of any process of this state, civil or criminal, upon any person who may be on these grounds.  (c) This state releases and relinquishes its right to tax any site, grounds, or real estate, and all improvements which may be there or erected there during the time the United States remains the owner thereof.
AR Code § 22-7-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 7 - Federal Property In Arkansas|Subchapter 2 - Particular Properties|§ 22-7-201. National cemeteries

 The jurisdiction of this state within and over all lands purchased by the United States on which national cemeteries may be established within the limits of this state is ceded to the United States so far as the permanent enclosures of such national cemeteries may extend and no further.
AR Code § 22-7-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 7 - Federal Property In Arkansas|Subchapter 2 - Particular Properties|§ 22-7-202. National forests generally

 (a) The consent of the State of Arkansas is given to the acquisition by the United States, by purchase, by exchange, or otherwise with adequate compensation, of such land in Arkansas as, in the opinion of the federal government, may be needed for the establishment, consolidation, and extension of national forests in the state for the purpose of the Weeks Law.  (b) No owner of land which the United States proposes to acquire under the provisions of this section shall be required to sell by institution of proceedings for condemnation, except for such tracts as are needed for access, rights-of-way, those having a peculiar recreational or scenic value, and other such uses in the public interest.  (c) Power is conferred upon the United States Congress to pass laws and to make, or provide for the making of, such rules and regulations of both a civil and criminal nature, and provide punishment for the violation thereof as, in its judgment, may be necessary for the administration, control, and protection of any lands acquired under the provisions of this section.
AR Code § 22-7-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 7 - Federal Property In Arkansas|Subchapter 2 - Particular Properties|§ 22-7-203. National forests — Fish and game regulations

 (a) The consent of the State of Arkansas is given to the making by the United States Congress, or under its authority, of all such rules and regulations as the federal government may determine to be needful in respect to game animals and game and nongame birds and fish on, in, or over national forestlands within the State of Arkansas.  (b) The rules and regulations must be approved by the Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission before they can be enforced.  (c) The authority to enforce concurrent rules and regulations is extended jointly to the federal government and to the commission.
AR Code § 22-7-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 7 - Federal Property In Arkansas|Subchapter 2 - Particular Properties|§ 22-7-204. National forests — Sale of tax-forfeited lands to United States Forest Service

 (a) Upon application of any duly authorized person of the United States Forest Service to purchase tax-forfeited lands lying within or contiguous to any national forest for the purpose of adding the lands to the national forest, the Commissioner of State Lands shall set aside and withhold the lands from sale for such time as may be necessary for the federal government to perfect its title in and to the lands.  (b) The act of the Commissioner of State Lands to set aside the land shall vest title in the United States to the extent that title in the lands can be perfected.  (c) Immediately upon the perfection and approval of the title in the lands, the purchaser shall comply with the provisions of §§ 26-37-101 — 26-37-105, 26-37-201 — 26-37-205, and 26-37-301 — 26-37-303, and, thereupon, the Commissioner of State Lands shall issue his or her deed conveying to the purchaser all the rights, title, and interest of the State of Arkansas in and to the lands.
AR Code § 22-7-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 7 - Federal Property In Arkansas|Subchapter 2 - Particular Properties|§ 22-7-205. Ouachita National Forest and Ozark National Forest — Sale of school or tax lands

 (a) The Commissioner of State Lands is authorized, at his or her discretion, to negotiate with the representatives of the federal government for the sale of all or any part of the school or tax lands situated within the Ouachita National Forest and Ozark National Forest. Upon reaching a satisfactory price agreement, he or she is authorized to give options, to sign purchase contracts, to execute deeds to the United States or its authorized representative, and to accept payment for the lands but only if the sales are made at a price of not less than two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) per acre.  (b) No land shall be sold to the federal government for less than its appraised value, with such value to be ascertained and such sale to be made as provided by law for the sale of state and school lands.  (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit land being sold to private parties in the manner provided by law unless under the control of and option to the federal government and during the term of the option, except that no such lands shall be sold for less than two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) per acre.
AR Code § 22-7-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 7 - Federal Property In Arkansas|Subchapter 2 - Particular Properties|§ 22-7-206. Waterfowl and wildlife refuges

 (a) For the purpose of more effectively cooperating with the United States in the acquisition, development, and maintenance of refuges for migratory waterfowl and other wildlife, consent is granted to the United States to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, gift, lease, or exchange, lands and waters within the State of Arkansas which the United States Secretary of Agriculture may deem necessary and suitable in furtherance of the Migratory Bird Treaty, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and the Migratory Bird Conservation Act.  (b) The jurisdiction of the State of Arkansas, both civil and criminal, over persons in the areas acquired and on privately owned property thereon shall not be affected or changed by reason of their acquisition and administration by the United States as migratory waterfowl and other wildlife reservations, except insofar as the punishment of offenses against the United States is concerned.  (c) Nothing in this section is intended to interfere with the operation of the game laws of the State of Arkansas applying to migratory game birds, insofar as they do not permit what is forbidden by federal law.
AR Code § 22-7-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 7 - Federal Property In Arkansas|Subchapter 2 - Particular Properties|§ 22-7-207. Submarginal land

 (a) The Commissioner of State Lands is authorized and empowered to grant and convey to the federal government, or to any duly constituted agency thereof, all state lands owned by the State of Arkansas in any area designated as a submarginal land project when the Commissioner of State Lands has been officially notified by the proper government authority that the project has proceeded to the stage where it is necessary and proper for the state to execute and deliver the conveyance.  (b) The state shall convey only such right in and to the lands as it may hold therein, and it shall not be liable on account of the failure of title of any of the lands.
AR Code § 22-7-208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 7 - Federal Property In Arkansas|Subchapter 2 - Particular Properties|§ 22-7-208. Building site — Little Rock

 (a) The State of Arkansas consents to the purchase by the United States of a site for public buildings mentioned in 17 Stat. 280, Ch. 324, and cedes jurisdiction to the United States over any lot, parcel, or block of ground within the corporate limits of the City of Little Rock, not exceeding in area three hundred feet (300') square, which may be purchased by the United States as a site for a building for the accommodation of the United States circuit and district courts, post office, internal revenue, and other government offices, under 17 Stat. 280, Ch. 324.  (b) The state releases and relinquishes its right to tax the site and all improvements which may be thereon during the time the United States remains the owner thereof, except that this cession of jurisdiction shall not prevent the execution of any process of this state, civil or criminal, on any person who may be on such site.
AR Code § 22-7-209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 7 - Federal Property In Arkansas|Subchapter 2 - Particular Properties|§ 22-7-209. Building site — Helena

 The State of Arkansas consents to the purchase by the United States of a site for a public building mentioned in 25 Stat. 84, Ch. 80, and cedes to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over any lot or block of ground within the corporate limits of the City of Helena, not exceeding in area three hundred sixty feet (360') square, which may be so purchased by the United States, during the time the United States remains the owner thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of the state and the service of civil process therein.
AR Code § 22-7-210 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 7 - Federal Property In Arkansas|Subchapter 2 - Particular Properties|§ 22-7-210. Building site — Texarkana

 The State of Arkansas consents to the purchase by the United States of a site for a public building mentioned in 25 Stat. 87, Ch. 128, and cedes to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over any lot or block of ground within the corporate limits of the City of Texarkana, not exceeding in area three hundred sixty feet (360') square, which may be so purchased by the United States, during the time the United States remains the owner thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of the state and the service of civil process therein.
AR Code § 22-7-211 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 7 - Federal Property In Arkansas|Subchapter 2 - Particular Properties|§ 22-7-211. Building site — Camden

 The State of Arkansas consents to the purchase by the United States of a site for a public building mentioned in 26 Stat. 702, Ch. 39, and cedes to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over any lot or block of ground within the corporate limits of the City of Camden, not exceeding in area three hundred sixty feet (360') square, which may be so purchased by the United States, during the time the United States remains the owner thereof, for all purposes except the administration of the criminal laws of the state and the service of civil process therein.
AR Code § 22-7-212 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 7 - Federal Property In Arkansas|Subchapter 2 - Particular Properties|§ 22-7-212. Cession of jurisdiction — Certain property in Fort Smith

 (a) The jurisdiction of the state within and over block number five hundred fourteen (514), in the military reservation addition to the City of Fort Smith, Arkansas, as it is marked and designated by the field notes on file in the mayor's office and known as part of the abandoned military reservation at Fort Smith, donated to the city by the United States by 23 Stat. 19, Ch. 43, is ceded to the United States, so far as the limits of the block shall extend and no further.  (b) The jurisdiction of the State of Arkansas is ceded to the United States over the block of ground situated between Rogers and Parker Avenues and Second and Third Streets, as it is marked and described on the map and plat of the reserve addition to the City of Fort Smith. The ground is a rectangular block three hundred feet (300') by two hundred ninety feet, two and three-quarter inches (290' 2¾"), upon which block is located the public buildings known as the United States Jail and Hospital, which block of ground and buildings situated thereon belong to the United States.  (c) The jurisdiction of the State of Arkansas is ceded to the United States over the national cemetery and one hundred feet (100') around the walls of the cemetery, the cemetery being reserved as the property of the United States by 23 Stat. 19, Ch. 43, all of the land being under enclosure.
AR Code § 22-7-213 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 22 - Public Property|Chapter 7 - Federal Property In Arkansas|Subchapter 2 - Particular Properties|§ 22-7-213. Acquisition of land in Pulaski County for military purposes

 (a) The consent of the State of Arkansas is granted to the United States to purchase or acquire real property of not more than one thousand five (1,005) acres in extent in Pulaski County in this state for the purpose of a military post, fort, arsenal, or reservation.  (b) Exclusive jurisdiction over the military post, fort, arsenal, or reservation, and the territory thereof, is ceded to the United States to be exercised so long as it remains the property of the United States.  (c) The State of Arkansas releases and relinquishes its right to tax the site and all improvements thereon, during the time the United States remains the owner thereof, except that this cession of jurisdiction shall not prevent the execution of any process of the state, civil or criminal, on any person who may be on the reservation or premises.