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AR Code § 18-11-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 11 - Real Property Interests Generally|Subchapter 4 - Posted Land|§ 18-11-402. Definition

 For the purposes of this subchapter, the term “recreational purposes” includes, but is not limited to, any of the following, or any combination thereof:   (1) Hunting;  (2) Fishing;  (3) Trapping;  (4) Swimming;  (5) Boating;  (6) Camping;  (7) Picnicking;  (8) Hiking;  (9) Pleasure driving;  (10) Nature study;  (11) Water skiing;  (12) Winter sports; and  (13) Viewing or enjoying historical, archeological, scenic, or scientific sites.
AR Code § 18-11-403 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 11 - Real Property Interests Generally|Subchapter 4 - Posted Land|§ 18-11-403. Unlawful entry upon land — Penalty

 (a)  (1) No person shall enter for recreational purposes upon real property posted pursuant to this subchapter without written permission of the owner or lessee of the real property.  (2) It shall be unlawful for any person to enter upon any real property posted under the provisions of this subchapter without the written consent of the owner or lessee of the real property.  (3)  (A) If land posted pursuant to this subchapter becomes flooded above the ordinary high watermark but the signs or paint marks are still visible, it is unlawful for any person to enter within the boundaries of the posted area without the written consent of the owner or lessee of the real property.  (B) For purposes of subdivision (a)(3)(A) of this section, “ordinary high watermark” means the line delimiting the bed of a stream from its bank, i.e., that line at which the presence of water is continued for such length of time as to mark upon the soil and vegetation a distinct character.    (4) However, it shall be an affirmative defense to prosecution under this subchapter that:  (A) Consent was given by a person holding himself or herself out to be the owner, lessee, or agent of the owner or lessee of the property;  (B) The person was a guest or invitee;  (C) The person was required to enter upon the premises for business reasons or for health or safety reasons; or  (D) The person was authorized by law to enter upon land.      (b) This section shall not apply to a law enforcement officer in the line of duty.  (c) Any person who knowingly enters the real property without written consent shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
AR Code § 18-11-404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 11 - Real Property Interests Generally|Subchapter 4 - Posted Land|§ 18-11-404. Methods of posting — Forest lands

 The owner or lessee of any forest land may post the land by any of the following methods:   (1)  (A) By placing signs around the boundaries of the property at points no more than one hundred feet (100') apart and at each point of entry.  (B) The signs shall bear the words “posted” or “no trespassing”, or both, in letters at least four inches (4") high and shall be so placed as to be readily visible to any person approaching the property;    (2)  (A) By placing identifying paint marks on trees or posts around the area to be posted.  (B) Each paint mark shall be a vertical line of at least eight inches (8") in length and the bottom of the mark shall be no less than three feet (3') nor more than five feet (5') high.  (C) Such paint marks shall be placed no more than one hundred feet (100') apart and shall be readily visible to any person approaching the property.  (D)  (i) The type and color of the paint to be used for posting shall be prescribed by rule by the Arkansas Forestry Commission.  (ii) The commission shall not select a color that is presently being used by the timber industry in Arkansas to mark land lines or property lines; or      (3) By enclosing the property with a fence sufficient under § 2-39-101 et seq.
AR Code § 18-11-405 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 11 - Real Property Interests Generally|Subchapter 4 - Posted Land|§ 18-11-405. Methods of posting — Property other than forest

 The owner or lessee of any real property other than forest land, including cultivated land, orchards, pasture land, impoundments, or other real property, may post such real property by any of the following methods:   (1)  (A) By placing signs around the boundaries of the property at points no more than one thousand feet (1,000') apart and at each point of entry.  (B) The signs shall bear the words “posted” or “no trespassing”, or both, in letters at least four inches (4") high and shall be so placed as to be readily visible to any person approaching the property;    (2)  (A) By placing identifying paint marks on posts around the area to be posted.  (B) Each paint mark shall be a vertical line of at least eight inches (8") in length, and the bottom of the mark shall be no less than three feet (3') nor more than five feet (5') high.  (C) Such paint marks shall be placed no more than one thousand feet (1,000') apart and at each point of entry and shall be readily visible to any person approaching the property.  (D)  (i) The type and color of the paint to be used for posting shall be prescribed by rule by the Arkansas Forestry Commission.  (ii) The commission shall not select a color that is presently being used by the timber industry in Arkansas to mark land lines or property lines; or      (3) By enclosing the property with a fence sufficient under § 2-39-101 et seq.
AR Code § 18-11-406 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 11 - Real Property Interests Generally|Subchapter 4 - Posted Land|§ 18-11-406. Color of paint — Unlawful posting — Exception

 (a)  (1) The color of paint prescribed by the Arkansas Forestry Commission for posting purposes shall not be used on trees or posts for any other purpose.  (2) Any person who knowingly paints such color on any tree or post for any purpose other than posting real property pursuant to this subchapter shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.    (b)  (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to post any lands which the person does not own or lease except with the written permission of the owner or lessee.  (2) Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
AR Code § 18-11-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 11 - Real Property Interests Generally|Subchapter 5 - Residential Restrictive Covenants|§ 18-11-501. Discretionary enforcement of residential restrictive covenants

 Circuit judges are authorized to exercise their discretion to balance the equities between or among parties when considering whether to award injunctions or damages in cases involving encroachment of interior setback lines in residential subdivision restrictive covenants.
AR Code § 18-11-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 11 - Real Property Interests Generally|Subchapter 5 - Residential Restrictive Covenants|§ 18-11-502. Attorney's fees

 If the trial judge makes a finding that the violation of an interior setback restriction is de minimis, no attorney's fees shall be awarded to any party seeking to enforce the setback restriction.
AR Code § 18-11-503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 11 - Real Property Interests Generally|Subchapter 5 - Residential Restrictive Covenants|§ 18-11-503. Applicability of subchapter

 The provisions of this subchapter shall apply to cases currently pending in the courts of Arkansas as well as those filed subsequent to April 13, 1999.
AR Code § 18-11-601 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 11 - Real Property Interests Generally|Subchapter 6 - Municipal Water Supply Purposes — Owner's Immunity|§ 18-11-601. Purpose

 The purpose of this subchapter is to encourage owners of land to make land and water areas available to municipal governments for municipal water supply purposes by limiting the liability of landowners toward persons entering on the land and water areas.
AR Code § 18-11-602 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 11 - Real Property Interests Generally|Subchapter 6 - Municipal Water Supply Purposes — Owner's Immunity|§ 18-11-602. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Land” means real property, roads, water, watercourses, private ways, and buildings, structures, and machinery or equipment when attached to the real property;  (2) “Municipal water supply purpose” includes, but is not imited to, any of the following, separately or in any combination:  (A) Construction or maintenance of a water intake structure;  (B) Maintenance of a water intake source;  (C) Research concerning a water intake source or structure; and  (D) Other activity associated with a water intake source or structure; and    (3) “Owner” means the possessor of a fee interest or a tenant, lessee, occupant, or person in control of the land.
AR Code § 18-11-603 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 11 - Real Property Interests Generally|Subchapter 6 - Municipal Water Supply Purposes — Owner's Immunity|§ 18-11-603. Construction

 Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to:   (1) Create a duty of care or a basis for liability for injury to persons or property; or  (2) Relieve any person using the land of another for a municipal water supply purpose from any obligation that he or she may have in the absence of this subchapter to exercise care in his or her use of the land and in his or her activities on the land or relieve any person from the legal consequences of failure to employ such care.
AR Code § 18-11-604 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 11 - Real Property Interests Generally|Subchapter 6 - Municipal Water Supply Purposes — Owner's Immunity|§ 18-11-604. Duty of care

 Except as specifically provided in § 18-11-607, an owner owes no duty of care to:   (1) Keep his or her land safe for entry or use by another for a municipal water supply purpose; or  (2) Give any warning of a dangerous condition, use, structure, or activity on his or her land to a person entering for a municipal water supply purpose.
AR Code § 18-11-605 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 11 - Real Property Interests Generally|Subchapter 6 - Municipal Water Supply Purposes — Owner's Immunity|§ 18-11-605. Owner's immunity from liability

 Except as specifically provided in § 18-11-607, an owner who, either directly or indirectly, invites or permits any person to use his or her land for a municipal water supply purpose does not:   (1) Extend any assurance that the land is safe for any purpose;  (2) Confer upon the person the legal status of an invitee or licensee to whom a duty of care is owed;  (3) Assume responsibility for or incur liability for any injury to person or property caused by an act or omission of the person; or  (4) Assume responsibility for or incur liability for injury to the person or property caused by any natural or artificial condition, structure, or personal property on the land.
AR Code § 18-11-606 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 11 - Real Property Interests Generally|Subchapter 6 - Municipal Water Supply Purposes — Owner's Immunity|§ 18-11-606. Land leased to municipality

 Unless otherwise agreed to in writing, the provisions of §§ 18-11-604 and 18-11-605 shall be deemed the sole source of the duties and liability of an owner who leased or otherwise provided land to a municipality for a municipal water supply purpose.
AR Code § 18-11-607 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 11 - Real Property Interests Generally|Subchapter 6 - Municipal Water Supply Purposes — Owner's Immunity|§ 18-11-607. Exceptions to owner's immunity

 Nothing in this subchapter limits in any way liability that otherwise exists for malicious, but not mere negligent, failure to guard or warn against an ultra-hazardous condition, structure, personal property, use, or activity actually known to the owner to be dangerous.
AR Code § 18-12-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 12 - Conveyances|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 18-12-101. Definition and applicability

 (a) The term “real estate” as used in this act shall be construed as co-extensive in meaning with “lands, tenements, and hereditaments” and as embracing all chattels real.  (b) This act shall not be construed so as to embrace last wills and testaments.
AR Code § 18-12-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 12 - Conveyances|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 18-12-102. Transfer by deed — Warranty

 (a) All lands, tenements, and hereditaments may be aliened and possession thereof transferred by deed without livery of seizin.  (b) The words, “grant, bargain and sell” shall be an express covenant to the grantee, his or her heirs, and assigns that the grantor is seized of an indefeasible estate in fee simple, free from encumbrance done or suffered from the grantor, except rents or services that may be expressly reserved by the deed, as also for the quiet enjoyment thereof against the grantor, his or her heirs, and assigns and from the claim and demand of all other persons whatever, unless limited by express words in the deed.  (c) The grantee, his or her heirs, or assigns, may, in any action, assign breaches as if such covenants were expressly inserted.  (d) As between the grantor and grantee, neither the statutory nor general express covenant of warranty against encumbrances shall be held to cover any taxes or assessments of any improvement district of any kind, whether formed under general statutes authorizing the assessment of lands for local improvements of any kind or whether the improvement district is formed by public or private act of the General Assembly. The lien for any such local assessment or tax shall run with the land and be assumed by the grantee, and the grantee shall pay any and all installments of the tax or assessment becoming due after the execution and delivery of the deed, unless otherwise expressly provided.
AR Code § 18-12-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 12 - Conveyances|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 18-12-103. Restrictive covenants — Definition

 (a) As used in this section, “restrictive covenant” means a restriction on the use or development of real property regardless of whether the restriction is created by a covenant in a deed or bill of assurance, or by any other instrument.  (b) An instrument creating a restrictive covenant is not effective to restrict the use or development of real property unless the instrument purporting to restrict the use or development of the real property is executed by the owners of the real property and recorded in the office of the recorder of the county in which the property is located.  (c) If the instrument creating a restrictive covenant contains separate sections stating the duration of the covenant and the requirements for amending the covenant, the section or sections stating the duration of the covenant shall be read independently of the section or sections stating the requirements for amending the covenant so that the duration of the covenant does not limit the ability to amend a restrictive covenant at any time.
AR Code § 18-12-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 12 - Conveyances|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 18-12-104. Execution of deeds

 Deeds and instruments of writing for the conveyance of real estate shall be executed in the presence of two (2) disinterested witnesses or, in default thereof, shall be acknowledged by the grantor in the presence of two (2) such witnesses, who shall then subscribe the deed or instrument in writing for the conveyance of the real estate. When the witnesses do not subscribe the deed or instrument of writing as described in this section at the time of the execution thereof, the date of their subscribing it shall be stated with their signatures.
AR Code § 18-12-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 12 - Conveyances|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 18-12-105. Estate of fee simple presumed

 The term “heirs”, or other words of inheritance, shall not be necessary to create or convey an estate in fee simple, but all deeds shall be construed to convey a complete estate of inheritance in fee simple unless expressly limited by appropriate words in the deed.
AR Code § 18-12-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 12 - Conveyances|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 18-12-106. Joint tenants with right of survivorship

 (a) Interests in real property may be conveyed to two (2) or more persons, regardless of their relationship to each other, as joint tenants with right of survivorship.  (b) Any person who owns an interest in real property may convey that interest or any portion thereof to himself or herself and one (1) or more other persons, regardless of their relationship to each other, as joint tenants with right of survivorship.  (c) Furthermore, all conveyances of real property made prior to July 15, 1991, and which clearly intended that the interests were conveyed as joint tenancy with right of survivorship even though the grantees were not husband and wife shall be deemed to have created joint tenancies with right of survivorship.
AR Code § 18-12-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 12 - Conveyances|Subchapter 2 - Acknowledgment and Proof of Instruments|§ 18-12-201. Proof or acknowledgment as prerequisite to recording real estate conveyances

 All deeds and other instruments in writing for the conveyance of any real estate, or by which any real estate may be affected in law or equity, shall be proven or duly acknowledged in conformity with the provisions of this act before they or any of them shall be admitted to record.
AR Code § 18-12-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 12 - Conveyances|Subchapter 2 - Acknowledgment and Proof of Instruments|§ 18-12-202. Forms of acknowledgments — Validity — Acknowledgments of married persons

 (a)  (1) Either the forms of acknowledgments now in use in this state or any other forms may be used in the case of all deeds and other instruments in writing for the conveyance of real or personal property which:  (A) Specify, in the caption or otherwise, the state and county or other place where the acknowledgment is taken;  (B) Set out the name of the person acknowledging and, in instances in which he or she acknowledges otherwise than in his or her own right, the name of the person, association, or corporation for which he or she acknowledges; and  (C) Recite in substance or the equivalent that the execution of the instrument was acknowledged by the person so named as acknowledging, or any other form of acknowledgment provided by law.    (2) These forms may also be used when the property is to be affected in law or equity and also in any other case in which such an acknowledgment is for any purpose required or authorized by law.  (3) An acknowledgment in any of these forms shall be sufficient to entitle the instrument to be recorded and to be read in evidence.    (b) The acknowledgment of a married person, both as to the disposition of his or her own property and as to the relinquishment of dower, curtesy, and homestead in the property of a spouse, may be made in the same form as if that person were sole and without any examination separate and apart from a spouse, and without necessity for a specific reference therein to the interest so conveyed or relinquished.
AR Code § 18-12-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 12 - Conveyances|Subchapter 2 - Acknowledgment and Proof of Instruments|§ 18-12-203. Officers authorized to take proof or acknowledgment of real estate conveyances

 (a) The proof or acknowledgment of every deed or instrument of writing for the conveyance of any real estate shall be taken by one (1) of the following courts or officers:  (1) When acknowledged or proved within this state, before the Supreme Court, the circuit court, or any justices or judges thereof, the clerk of any court of record, any county judge, or before any notary public;  (2) When acknowledged or proved outside this state, and within the United States or its territories, or in any of the colonies or possessions or dependencies of the United States, before any court of the United States, or any state or territory, or colony or possession or dependency of the United States, having a seal, or a clerk of any such court, or before any notary public, or before the mayor of any incorporated city or town, or the chief officer of any city or town having a seal, or before a commissioner appointed by the Governor; and  (3) When acknowledged or proved outside the United States, before any:  (A) Court of any state, kingdom, or empire having a seal;  (B) Mayor or chief officer of any city or town having an official seal; or  (C) Officer of any foreign country who by the laws of that country is authorized to take probate of the conveyance of real estate of his or her own country if the officer has, by law, an official seal.      (b) The acknowledgment of any deed or mortgage, when taken outside the United States, may be taken and certified by a United States consul.
AR Code § 18-12-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 12 - Conveyances|Subchapter 2 - Acknowledgment and Proof of Instruments|§ 18-12-204. Attestation of acknowledgments

 (a) In cases of acknowledgment or proof of deeds or conveyances of real estate taken within the United States or territories thereof, when taken before any court or officer having a seal of office, the deed or conveyance shall be attested under the seal of office. If the officer has no seal of office, then it shall be attested under the official signature of the officer.  (b) In all cases of deeds and conveyances proved or acknowledged outside the United States or their territories, the acknowledgment or proof must be attested under the official seal of the court or officer before whom the probate is had.
AR Code § 18-12-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 18 - Property|Subtitle 2 - Real Property|Chapter 12 - Conveyances|Subchapter 2 - Acknowledgment and Proof of Instruments|§ 18-12-205. Certificate of acknowledgment

 (a) Any court or officer that takes a proof or an acknowledgment of any instrument affecting real property shall grant a certificate of the proof or acknowledgment.  (b) The court or officer shall cause the certificate of the proof or acknowledgment to be endorsed on the instrument affecting real property.  (c) The certificate of the proof or acknowledgment shall be signed by the clerk of the court or by the officer if he or she has a seal of office.