Arkansas Code
Subchapter 4 - District Operation
§ 14-117-424. Notice of pendency of suit

Notice of the pendency of the suit shall be given by publication weekly for four (4) consecutive weeks before judgment is entered on the sale of the lands in some newspaper published in the county where the suit may be pending, which public notice may be in the following terms:
“Board of Commissioners District vs. Delinquent Lands. All persons having or claiming an interest in any of the following described lands, are hereby notified that suit is pending in the chancery court of County, Arkansas, to enforce the collection of certain taxes on the following list of lands, each supposed owner having been set opposite his or her or its lands, together with the amounts severally due from each to wit: (Then shall follow a list of supposed owners, with a descriptive list of the delinquent lands, and amounts due thereon respectively as aforesaid), and the public notice may conclude in the following form: All persons and corporations interested in the lands are notified that they are required by law to appear within four (4) weeks and make defense to the suit, or the same will be taken for confessed and final judgment will be entered directing the sale of the lands for the purpose of collecting the taxes, together with the payment of interest, penalty and cost allowed by law. Clerk of the Court.”
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Structure Arkansas Code

Arkansas Code

Title 14 - Local Government

Subtitle 7 - Water and Soil Improvement Districts

Chapter 117 - Irrigation, Drainage, and Watershed Improvement District Act

Subchapter 4 - District Operation

§ 14-117-401. Plans — Construction areas

§ 14-117-402. Contracts between district and United States

§ 14-117-403. Assessment of benefits and damages

§ 14-117-404. Filing of assessment

§ 14-117-405. Notice and hearing on assessment — Appeal

§ 14-117-406. Acquiescence in assessment of damages — Demand for assessment — Condemnation

§ 14-117-407. Alteration of plans

§ 14-117-408. Reassessment of benefits — Appeals

§ 14-117-409. Additional work or improvements — Reassessment — Appeals

§ 14-117-410. Inclusion of bond interest with tax — Exception

§ 14-117-411. Payment of assessment

§ 14-117-412. Levy of assessment — Interest

§ 14-117-413. Levy of tax — Preliminary expenses

§ 14-117-414. Borrowing money and issuing bonds

§ 14-117-415. Court order as to bonds

§ 14-117-416. Refunding bonds

§ 14-117-417. Security for bonds — Levy and collection of tax

§ 14-117-418. Default in bond payment

§ 14-117-419. Records and reports

§ 14-117-420. Taxation for operation, maintenance, and service of district properties

§ 14-117-421. Extension of taxes on books — Collection

§ 14-117-422. Time for payment of taxes — Installments

§ 14-117-423. Delinquencies on tax payment

§ 14-117-424. Notice of pendency of suit

§ 14-117-425. Trial generally — Sale of land to bidders

§ 14-117-426. Trial procedure — Sale of land to district

§ 14-117-427. Right of redemption