Arkansas Code § 22-7-204 - National Forests -- Sale of Tax-Forfeited Lands

(a) Upon application of any duly authorized person of the National 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 ยงยง 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.

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