(a) No appeal in any cause under this subchapter, nor any bond or undertaking given therein, shall operate to prevent or delay the vesting of title to real property or any interest therein or any easement in the State of Arkansas.
(b) The State of Arkansas shall not be divested of any title to real property or any interest therein or any easement acquired under this subchapter by court except where the court finds that the property or any interest therein or any easement was not taken for public use. In the event of this finding, the court shall enter judgment as may be necessary:
(1) To compensate the persons entitled thereto for the period during which the property was in the possession of the state; and
(2) To recover for the state any deposit or funds paid to any person.
Structure Arkansas Code
Subtitle 5 - Highways, Roads, And Streets
Chapter 67 - State Highway System
Subchapter 3 - Acquisition, Condemnation, and Disposition of Property
§ 27-67-301. Authority to acquire property
§ 27-67-302. State highway purposes
§ 27-67-303. Entry for suitability studies
§ 27-67-304. Use of right-of-way
§ 27-67-305. Commission discretion as to quantity of property acquired
§ 27-67-307. Temporary easements
§ 27-67-308. Authority to compensate — Source of revenue
§ 27-67-309. Venue for condemnation actions
§ 27-67-310. Precedence of condemnation proceedings
§ 27-67-311. Condemnation petition — Notice
§ 27-67-312. Declaration of taking
§ 27-67-313. Motion to strike declaration of taking
§ 27-67-315. Title vests upon deposit
§ 27-67-316. Condemnation proceedings and judgment
§ 27-67-318. Hearing on amount of deposit
§ 27-67-319. Appeal not to delay vesting of title
§ 27-67-320. Acquisition when county court fails to grant petition
§ 27-67-321. Sale of surplus highway property
§ 27-67-322. Reacquisition of surplus property by former owner — Definition