Arkansas Code Title 14, Subtitle 2, Chapter 15, Subchapter 4 - Recorders

• § 14-15-401 - Duties Generally.
  (a) (1) There shall be established in each county in this state an office to be styled the county recorder's office, which shall be...
• § 14-15-402 - Instruments to Be Recorded.
  (a) It shall be the duty of each recorder to record in the books provided for his or her office all deeds, mortgages, conveyances,...
• § 14-15-403 - Instruments Affecting Title to Property.
  (a) No instrument by which the title to real estate or personal property, or any interest therein, or lien thereon, is conveyed, created, encumbered,...
• § 14-15-404 - Effect of Recording Instruments Affecting Title to Property.
  (a) (1) Every deed, bond, or instrument of writing affecting the title, in law or equity, to any real or personal property within this...
• § 14-15-405 - Master Mortgage or Deed of Trust Recording Act of 1967.
  (a) This section may be known and cited as the "Master Mortgage or Deed of Trust Recording Act of 1967".(b) (1) An instrument containing...
• § 14-15-406 - Recording Certified Copies of Bankruptcy Proceedings.
  (a) The recorder of deeds of any county where any land in which a bankrupt or a debtor in any proceeding under the act...
• § 14-15-407 - Manner of Recording.
  Without delay, each recorder shall record every deed, mortgage, conveyance, deed of trust, bond, or other writing delivered to him or her for record...
• § 14-15-408 - Tender of Fees Required.
  No recorder shall be required to endorse any instrument presented to him or her for record as filed or to record the instrument unless...
• § 14-15-409 - Entry of Instruments.
  When any deed, mortgage, deed of trust, bond, conveyance, or other instrument of writing authorized by law to be recorded is deposited in the...
• § 14-15-410 - Receipt for Instrument Filed.
  When any deed, mortgage, deed of trust, bond, conveyance, or other instrument of writing authorized by law to be recorded shall be deposited in...
• § 14-15-411 - Endorsement of Filing Time.
  (a) It shall be the duty of the recorder to endorse the precise time the instrument is filed for record in his or her...
• § 14-15-412 - Certification of Recording.
  (a) Every deed, mortgage, conveyance, deed of trust, bond, or other instrument of writing shall be considered as recorded from the time it was...
• § 14-15-413 - Return of Instrument.
  When recorded, the recorder shall deliver the deed, mortgage, conveyance, deed of trust, bond, or other instrument of writing to the party entitled to...
• § 14-15-414 - Indexes to Record Books.
  (a) (1) Each recorder shall provide and keep in the recorder's office a well-bound book and make and enter in alphabetical order in the...
• § 14-15-415 - Destruction of Chattel Mortgages.
  Circuit clerks are authorized to destroy all chattel mortgages previously filed where the due date of the obligation secured has expired six (6) years...
• § 14-15-416 - Failure to Perform Duty.
  Any recorder to whom any deed or other writing proved or acknowledged according to law is delivered for record shall forfeit and pay any...
• § 14-15-417 - Willful Neglect of Duty.
  If any recorder willfully neglects to perform any of the duties required of him or her by §§ 14-15-401, 14-15-402, 14-15-407, 14-15-409 -- 14-15-414,...
• § 14-15-418 - Action on Bond.
  If any person shall be damaged by the conduct of the recorder, that person may commence an action on his or her official bond...
• § 14-15-419 - Seal.
  The seal of the circuit court shall be the seal of the recorder and shall be used as such in all cases in which...
• § 14-15-420 - Books and Accounts.
  Each recorder shall provide suitable books for his or her office and keep regular and faithful accounts of the expenses thereof. These accounts shall...

Last modified: November 15, 2016