Arkansas Code
Subchapter 4 - Recorders
§ 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 book an index to all books of record wherein deeds, mortgages, or other instruments in writing concerning lands and tenements are recorded, distinguishing the books and pages in which every deed or writing is recorded.
(2) The index shall contain:
(A) The names of the several grantors and grantees in alphabetical order;
(B) In case the deed is made by a sheriff, the name of the sheriff and the defendant in the execution;
(C) If by executors or administrators, their names and the names of their testator or intestate;
(D) If by attorney, the name of the attorney and his or her constituent; and
(E) If by a commissioner, the name of the commissioner and the person whose estate is conveyed.

(3) Each recorder shall make a reference in the several indexes of all deeds and conveyances that may be recorded, so as to afford, at all times, an easy reference to the records.
(4)
(A) If an assignment or a satisfaction or release of a mortgage, deed of trust, or other lien is presented for recording, the assignment, satisfaction, or release shall state:
(i) The date the mortgage, deed of trust, or other lien was recorded; and
(ii) The instrument number, book and page numbers, or other recording reference at which the mortgage, deed of trust, or other lien appears of record.

(B) The recorder shall note in the index of the book or record in which the assignment, satisfaction, or release is recorded:
(i) The book and page numbers, instrument number, or other recording reference for the mortgage, deed of trust, or other lien assigned, satisfied, or released; and
(ii) The name of the mortgagor or grantor under which the mortgage, deed of trust, or other lien is indexed.

(b) In a similar manner, each recorder shall make, keep, and preserve:
(1) A full and perfect alphabetical index to all books of record in his or her office in which all deeds and instruments of writing in relation to personal property, marriage contracts, certificates of marriage, and all other papers are recorded; and
(2) A similar index of all the books of record in which commissions and official bonds are recorded, the name of the officers appointed, the obligors in any bond recorded, and a reference to the book and page where they are recorded.