Arkansas Code Title 27, Subtitle 5, Chapter 67, Subchapter 3 - Acquisition, Condemnation, and Disposition of Property

• § 27-67-301 - Authority to Acquire Property.
  (a) The State Highway Commission is authorized to acquire real or personal property, or any interest therein, deemed to be necessary or desirable for...
• § 27-67-302 - State Highway Purposes.
  State highway purposes shall include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) For present and future rights-of-way, including those necessary for urban extensions...
• § 27-67-303 - Entry for Suitability Studies.
  (a) The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department and its agents and employees may enter upon real property and make surveys, examinations, photographs, tests,...
• § 27-67-304 - Use of Right-Of-way.
  (a) The rights-of-way provided for all state highways shall be held inviolate for state highway purposes, except as provided in subsections (b) and (c)...
• § 27-67-305 - Commission Discretion As to Quantity of Property Acquired.
  In connection with the acquisition of lands, property, or interests therein for state highway purposes, the State Highway Commission, in its discretion, may acquire...
• § 27-67-306 - Leases.
  (a) The State Highway Commission, as lessor, is authorized and empowered to execute lease or rental agreements covering real property owned or held by...
• § 27-67-307 - Temporary Easements.
  (a) Temporary easements for temporary uses by the State Highway Commission in connection with the establishment and construction of state highways may be acquired...
• § 27-67-308 - Authority to Compensate -- Source of Revenue.
  (a) The State Highway Commission is authorized to make payment for any land or other real property acquired under the provisions of this act...
• § 27-67-309 - Venue for Condemnation Actions.
  Actions by the commission to condemn a right-of-way shall be brought in the county where the land is situated.
• § 27-67-310 - Precedence of Condemnation Proceedings.
  Court proceedings necessary to acquire land, property, or property rights for state highway purposes shall take precedence over all other causes not involving the...
• § 27-67-311 - Condemnation Petition -- Notice.
  (a) The State Highway Commission may exercise its power of eminent domain by filing an appropriate petition in condemnation in the circuit court of...
• § 27-67-312 - Declaration of Taking.
  (a) In any proceeding instituted by and in the name of the State of Arkansas, involving the acquisition of any real property or any...
• § 27-67-313 - Motion to Strike Declaration of Taking.
  (a) In any case in which a declaration of taking has been filed as provided in § 27-67-312, any defendant desiring to raise any...
• § 27-67-314 - Right of Entry.
  (a) Upon the filing of the declaration of taking and the deposit with the clerk of the circuit court of the estimated compensation, the...
• § 27-67-315 - Title Vests Upon Deposit.
  Immediately upon the making of the deposit provided for in § 27-67-314, title to the lands in fee simple, or a conditional fee if...
• § 27-67-316 - Condemnation Proceedings and Judgment.
  (a) It shall be the duty of the circuit court to impanel a jury of twelve (12) persons, as in other civil cases, to...
• § 27-67-317 - Payment of Award.
  (a) Upon the application of any party in interest and upon due notice to all parties, the court may order that the money deposited...
• § 27-67-318 - Hearing on Amount of Deposit.
  (a) If, after due notice, any party in interest should feel aggrieved at the amount of the estimated compensation as deposited by the Arkansas...
• § 27-67-319 - Appeal Not to Delay Vesting of Title.
  (a) No appeal in any cause under this subchapter, nor any bond or undertaking given therein, shall operate to prevent or delay the vesting...
• § 27-67-320 - Acquisition When County Court Fails to Grant Petition.
  (a) Where the State Highway Commission petitions any county court asking for right-of-way for any state highway and where the county court fails to...
• § 27-67-321 - Sale of Surplus Highway Property.
  (a) The State Highway Commission is empowered and authorized to: (1) Sell and convey any surplus land or real estate or any personal property...
• § 27-67-322 - Reacquisition of Surplus Property by Former Owner.
  (a) The State Highway Commission is authorized to sell in the manner provided by § 27-67-321 real or personal property, or an interest in...
• § 27-67-323 - Reacquisition of Abandoned Land by City or Town.
  (a) Whenever the State Highway Commission obtains title to land from any city or incorporated town in this state for state highway purposes and...

Last modified: November 15, 2016