§ 26-38-202 — Complaint

(a) The Commissioner of State Lands on behalf of the State of Arkansas or the purchaser, donee, or redemptor of the real property from the state or the grantees of a purchaser, donee, or redemptor of the real property from the state shall file in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county in which the forfeited real property is situated a complaint requesting that title be quieted and confirmed to the real property described in the complaint. (b) (1) If the Commissioner of State Lands is the plaintiff, the Commissioner of State Lands shall attach to the complaint his or her certified list describing the real property and containing the years and the amounts for which the real property was forfeited. (2) A purchaser, donee, or redemptor of real property from the state or the grantee of a purchaser, donee, or redemptor of the real property from the state shall attach to the complaint a copy of the limited warranty deed or other documentation evidencing the transfer of the real property from the state to the purchaser, donee, or redemptor or the grantee of a purchaser, donee, or redemptor of the real property from the state. (c) The complaint may include as many parcels of real property as the Commissioner of State Lands or the purchaser, donee, or redemptor of real property from the state or the grantee of a purchaser, donee, or redemptor of the real property from the state deems proper, so long as all parcels lie within the county. (d) (1) The certified list is all the proof that is required to show prima facie title in the state. (2) A limited warranty deed or a donation deed is all the proof that is required to show prima facie title in a purchaser, donee, or redemptor or the grantee of a purchaser, donee, or redemptor of the real property from the state.

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2013, No. 1231,§ 5, eff. 8/16/2013. Acts 1993, No. 646, § 2; 2011, No. 1133, § 2.