(a)
(1) No swamp, internal improvement, seminary, or saline lands shall be sold for less than two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) per acre, and no state school land shall be sold for less than two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) per acre nor for less than the market value ascertained by appraisement.
(2) When any lands or interest therein may be recovered by the state by litigation, the lands or interest shall be ordered sold by the court as in sales of land upon decree in equity.
(3) After paying expenses, the balance of the purchase money shall be deposited into the State Treasury, as provided in §§ 6-20-202 and 6-20-203.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the donation of state lands as provided by law.
(c) Nothing in this section or §§ 22-6-301 — 22-6-304 shall prevent the Commissioner of State Lands from accepting outstanding refunding certificates issued by the state for lands previously sold in payment for state lands.
(d) Nothing in this section or §§ 22-6-301 — 22-6-304 shall affect the sale of any state lands where written application was filed with the Commissioner of State Lands prior to February 1, 1919.
(e) Nothing in this section or §§ 22-6-301 — 22-6-304 shall affect the law in regard to the sale by the state of tax-forfeited lands.
Structure Arkansas Code
Chapter 6 - Sale Or Other Disposition Of State Lands
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 22-6-101. Record of land sales
§ 22-6-102. Correction of errors growing out of erroneous sales
§ 22-6-103. Issuance of replacement certificates of purchase
§ 22-6-104. Execution of deed on original or patent certificate
§ 22-6-105. Execution of deed on certificate of purchase
§ 22-6-106. Issuance of deed on proof of payment
§ 22-6-107. Deeds to school lands sold prior to 1881
§ 22-6-108. Seal of Commissioner of State Lands sufficient verification
§ 22-6-109. Cancellation of deed upon dishonor of check
§ 22-6-110. Confirmation of sales of lands paid for with levee bonds
§ 22-6-111. Price of swamp, internal improvement, seminary, saline, or school lands — Exemptions
§ 22-6-112. Preference to war veterans in sale of agricultural land
§ 22-6-113. State's retention of mineral interest — Exemption
§ 22-6-115. Prohibited acts of county officials affecting title
§ 22-6-116. Certificates by county collectors correcting or cancelling original certificates
§ 22-6-117. Report to Legislative Council — Definition
§ 22-6-118. Exemptions from § 22-6-117 requirement