Arkansas Code
Title 18 - Property
Subtitle 4 - Mortgages And Liens

§ 18-40-110. Recording by public utilities covering property situated in more than one county - (a) Every mortgage, deed of trust, and instrument supplementary thereto,...

Chapter 41 - Landlords' Liens

§ 18-41-101. Lien on crop — Period effective — Definition - (a) Every landlord shall have a lien upon the crop...

§ 18-41-102. Liability of subtenants - Any person subrenting lands or tenements shall be held responsible...

§ 18-41-103. Lien for advances — Enforcement - (a) (1) In addition to the lien given by law...

§ 18-41-104. Priority of tenant employees' liens - (a) Whenever any landlord shall endorse, upon any written agreement...

§ 18-41-105. Waiver to be recited in mortgage - If any mortgagee procures a waiver of the landlord's lien,...

§ 18-41-106. Right to assign - (a) A landlord's lien for rent shall be assignable. (b)...

§ 18-41-107. Purchasers or assignees from bailees - The purchaser or assignee of the receipt of any ginner,...

§ 18-41-108. Attachment to enforce - (a) Any landlord who has a lien on the crop...

Chapter 42 - Liens of Employers and Employees Under Contract

§ 18-42-101. Contracts for more than one year to be in writing - A contract for services or labor for a period longer...

§ 18-42-102. Contracts of minors - (a) The contract of a minor when approved by the...

§ 18-42-103. Out-of-state contracts binding - Contracts made with laborers or employers beyond the limits of...

§ 18-42-104. Filing and indexing of contracts - (a) A copy of the contract or the original shall...

§ 18-42-105. Reservation of lien - Specific liens are reserved upon so much of the produce...

§ 18-42-106. Penalty for fraudulent disposition - (a) If either party, before settlement, shall dispose of or...

§ 18-42-107. Discharge of laborer before expiration of contract - If any employer, without good cause, shall dismiss a laborer...

§ 18-42-108. Abandonment by employee - If any laborer, without good cause, shall abandon his or...

§ 18-42-109. Proceedings to enforce liens - Proceedings for the enforcement of liens under this chapter are...

§ 18-42-110. Lien of employer on crop when no written contract - (a) When no written contract is made under this chapter,...

Chapter 43 - Laborers' Liens Generally

§ 18-43-101. Lien for production of labor - All laborers who shall perform work and labor for any...

§ 18-43-102. Lien on object, etc., worked on — Liability of purchasers - (a) (1) Laborers who perform work and labor on any...

§ 18-43-103. Miner's or quarry worker's lien - (a) Any person working in any mines in the State...

§ 18-43-104. Time liens take effect - Liens under the provisions of §§ 18-43-101, 18-43-105 — 18-43-110,...

§ 18-43-105. Time to commence actions — Settlement - (a) Proceedings under this section and §§ 18-43-101, 18-43-104, 18-43-106...

§ 18-43-106. Filing of sworn statement - (a) (1) Every person who has a lien as provided...

§ 18-43-107. Notice of action - (a) (1) The party initiating the action shall cause notice...

§ 18-43-108. Proceedings for larger amounts - When the amount exceeds three hundred dollars ($300), the proceeding...

§ 18-43-109. Officer to take charge of property - At the same time the notice is given to the...

§ 18-43-110. Jury trial - Either plaintiff or defendant may, by requesting the court, have...

§ 18-43-111. Laborer allowed attorney's fee - When a laborer who has filed a lien for wages...

§ 18-43-112. Sale of property - If the amount adjudged to be due is not paid,...

§ 18-43-113. Execution on judgment - In all cases in which the property charged does not...

§ 18-43-114. Pro rata distribution - (a) When there are several liens for labor on the...

§ 18-43-115. Real estate not exempt - No real estate shall be exempt from sale under an...

§ 18-43-116. Land to be sold with buildings - In selling buildings under the provisions of this section and...

§ 18-43-117. Bill of sale or deed - The officers making any sale as provided in this chapter...

§ 18-43-118. Lien on crops - (a) Every person who harvests agricultural crops belonging to another...

Chapter 44 - Mechanics' and Materialmen's Liens

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 18-44-101. Liens on buildings, land, or boats - (a) Every contractor, subcontractor, or material supplier as defined in...

§ 18-44-102. Entire land subject to lien - The entire land, to the extent stated in § 18-44-101,...

§ 18-44-103. Improvements on leased land - (a) Every building or other improvement erected or materials furnished,...

§ 18-44-104. Liens for drain pipe or tile - (a) Every contractor, subcontractor, or material supplier who shall furnish...

§ 18-44-105. Lien of architect, engineer, surveyor, appraiser, landscaper, abstractor, or title insurance agent - (a) Every architect, engineer, surveyor, appraiser, landscaper, abstractor, or title...

§ 18-44-106. “Owner” defined - As used in this subchapter, the “owner” of property shall...

§ 18-44-107. Subcontractors — Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Contractor” means any person...

§ 18-44-108. Refusal to list parties doing work or furnishing materials - (a) The owner or proprietor, material supplier, subcontractor, or anyone...

§ 18-44-109. Unlawful to use materials other than as designated - Any contractor or subcontractor who shall purchase materials on credit...

§ 18-44-110. Preference over prior liens — Exception - (a) (1) The liens for labor performed or material or...

§ 18-44-113. Assignment of liens - (a) The lien given in this subchapter shall be transferable...

§ 18-44-114. Notice and service generally - (a) Every person who may wish to avail himself or...

§ 18-44-115. Notice to owner by contractor — Definitions - (a) (1) No lien upon residential real estate containing four...

§ 18-44-116. Service on nonresident or absconder - (a) (1) Whenever property is sought to be charged with...

§ 18-44-117. Filing of lien - (a) (1) A person who wishes to avail himself or...

§ 18-44-118. Filing of bond in contest of lien - (a) (1) In the event any person claiming a lien...

§ 18-44-119. Limitation of actions - (a) All actions under this subchapter shall be commenced within...

§ 18-44-122. Contents of complaint - The complaint, among other things, shall allege the facts necessary...

§ 18-44-123. Parties to suits - In all suits under this subchapter, the parties to the...

§ 18-44-124. Contractor to defend actions on liens by third persons — Liability - (a) In all cases in which a lien shall be...

§ 18-44-125. Court orders - The court shall make orders in the case as will...

§ 18-44-126. Warning order for nonresident or absconding owners - Whenever the owner of an erection or improvement, or of...

§ 18-44-127. Trial and judgment - (a) The court shall ascertain by a fair trial, in...

§ 18-44-128. Attorney's fee - (a) When any contractor, subcontractor, laborer, or material supplier who...

§ 18-44-131. Duty to enter satisfaction - (a) Whenever any indebtedness which is a lien on any...

§ 18-44-132. Penalty for failure to discharge lien after payment - (a) It shall be unlawful for any contractor, subcontractor, or...

§ 18-44-135. Jointly owned property - In the event that property is jointly owned, the signature...

Subchapter 2 - Wells, Mines, and Quarries Generally

§ 18-44-201. Construction - The provisions of this section and §§ 18-44-202 — 18-44-210...

§ 18-44-202. Right to lien in general — Extent - (a) Any person, corporation, firm, association, partnership, material man, artisan,...

§ 18-44-203. Furnishing materials or labor to contractors or subcontractors - Any person, corporation, firm, association, partnership, or materialman who furnishes...

§ 18-44-204. Labor or materials furnished refinery or gasoline extraction plants - (a) The lien created by this section and §§ 18-44-201...

§ 18-44-205. Improvements on leased land - The provisions of § 18-44-103 shall not apply to liens...

§ 18-44-206. Priority generally - (a) (1) The lien given in this section and §§...

§ 18-44-207. Lien of common laborer superior - (a) As between the various liens provided by §§ 18-44-202...

§ 18-44-208. Proceedings for establishment and enforcement - (a) Except as expressly provided in this section and §§...

§ 18-44-209. Sale or removal of property subject to lien - (a) When the lien provided for in this section and...

§ 18-44-210. Limitation of liability - Nothing in §§ 18-44-201 — 18-44-209 shall be construed to...

§ 18-44-211. Lien on output and equipment of oil or gas well - (a) (1) Any person working in or about the drilling...

Subchapter 3 - Wells, Mines, and Quarries — Trucking and Teaming Contractors

§ 18-44-301. Construction - The provisions of this subchapter shall not be construed to...

§ 18-44-302. Right to lien — Extent - (a) Any person, corporation, firm, association, or partnership, designated as...

§ 18-44-303. Priority - (a) The lien given in this subchapter against the land,...

§ 18-44-304. Proceedings for establishment and enforcement - (a) The lien created in this subchapter shall be construed,...

§ 18-44-305. Removal of property subject to lien - (a) Whenever any person shall remove any property subject to...

Subchapter 4 - Railroads

§ 18-44-401. Accrual of lien — Lien of injury - There shall be a lien on the railroad for the...

§ 18-44-402. Priority - A lien created under § 18-44-401 shall be superior and...

§ 18-44-403. Limitations of actions - The lien mentioned in § 18-44-401 shall not be effectual...

§ 18-44-404. Judgment - The lien shall be mentioned in the judgment rendered for...

§ 18-44-405. Enforcement - The lien may be enforced by ordinary levy and sale...

Subchapter 5 - Bonds

§ 18-44-501. Purpose - The bond required or authorized in this subchapter shall in...

§ 18-44-502. Exemption - This subchapter shall not apply to any contract executed by...

§ 18-44-503. Public buildings and improvements - (a) A contract in a sum exceeding the amount stated...

§ 18-44-504. Construction by religious or charitable organizations - (a) No contract in any sum exceeding one thousand dollars...

§ 18-44-505. Option for private construction - Any person, firm, corporation, or association entering into a contract...

§ 18-44-506. Surety and conditions - The bond required or authorized in this subchapter shall be...

§ 18-44-507. Filing - Before any work is performed under the contract, the bond...

§ 18-44-508. Actions — Limitations - (a) All persons, firms, associations, and corporations who have valid...

Chapter 45 - Artisan's and Repairmen's Liens

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 18-45-101. Right of mechanics and artisans to sell personalty held for debt - (a) All mechanics and artisans who are in possession of...

Subchapter 2 - Blacksmiths, Vehicle Repairmen, Etc.

§ 18-45-201. Right to absolute lien - All blacksmiths, horseshoers, wheelwrights, automobile repairmen, airplane repairmen, machine shops,...

§ 18-45-202. Priority of lien - (a) The lien provided for in this subchapter shall take...

§ 18-45-203. Right of sale - Any person, firm, or corporation having a lien under the...

§ 18-45-204. Procedure for sale of property possessed by lienholder - (a) (1) The sale shall not take place until the...

§ 18-45-205. Filing of notice and bond required - (a) (1) The lienholder shall file with a circuit court...

§ 18-45-206. Filing of lien when lienholder parts with possession - (a) (1) If the lienholder has voluntarily parted with possession...

§ 18-45-207. Suits to enforce liens — Attachment - (a) Liens accruing under this subchapter may be enforced at...

Subchapter 3 - Electrical Repairmen

§ 18-45-301. Right of lien - Any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of...

§ 18-45-302. Lien priority - If any person, firm, or corporation entitled to a lien...

§ 18-45-303. Right of sale - Any person, firm, or corporation having a lien under the...

§ 18-45-304. Selling of property kept by lienholder - (a) (1) The sale shall not take place until the...

§ 18-45-305. Enforcement of lien if possession not retained - (a) If the lienholder has voluntarily parted with possession of...

Subchapter 4 - Cleaners, Launderers, Etc.

§ 18-45-401. Absolute lien - Cleaners, launderers, dyers, tailors, hat renovators, and shoe repairers, whether...

§ 18-45-402. Priority - (a) The lien provided for in this subchapter shall take...

§ 18-45-403. Right to sell - Any person, firm, or corporation having a lien under the...

§ 18-45-404. Proceedings to sell property retained by lienholder - (a) (1) The sale shall not take place until the...

§ 18-45-405. Filing and enforcing when lienholder not in possession - (a) (1) If the lienholder has voluntarily parted with possession...

Chapter 46 - Medical, Nursing, Hospital, and Ambulance Service Lien Act

§ 18-46-101. Title - This chapter may be cited as the Medical, Nursing, Hospital,...

§ 18-46-102. Definitions - As used in this chapter: (1) “Ambulance service provider” means...

§ 18-46-103. Attorney's liens not affected - The liens given in this chapter shall in no way...

§ 18-46-104. Extent of lien - On compliance with the requirements of this chapter, a practitioner,...

§ 18-46-105. Notice required — Contents — Service — Amendments and supplements - In order to establish a lien under this chapter, a...

§ 18-46-106. Liens void after certain day unless action commenced - (a) If at the expiration of one hundred eighty (180)...

§ 18-46-107. Enforcement of perfected liens — Parties - (a) (1) A practitioner, nurse, hospital, or ambulance service provider...

§ 18-46-108. Liens assignable — Enforcement - (a) All liens or claims of liens that accrue to...

§ 18-46-109. Subrogation of rights - Any person who, with the consent of a patient injured...

§ 18-46-110. Persons under legal disability - If any person, because of minority, mental defect, death, or...

§ 18-46-111. Incorporation of lien in action by patient - If a patient has instituted an action in any court...

§ 18-46-112. Settlement of patient's claim without satisfaction of lien prohibited - (a) A tortfeasor and an insurer, and each of them,...

§ 18-46-113. Waiver or release of claim by patient - (a) A patient who has been notified by a practitioner,...

§ 18-46-114. Release on satisfaction or waiver of lien required - (a) If a lien has been satisfied or waived, the...

§ 18-46-115. Records of liens and releases - (a) (1) The clerk of the circuit court in each...

§ 18-46-116. Receipt and payment of money by court - (a) Any court having jurisdiction in an action by a...

§ 18-46-117. Pro rata payment of claims - If the amount for which a tortfeasor or an insurer...

Chapter 47 - Federal Liens

Subchapter 2 - Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act

§ 18-47-201. Scope - This subchapter applies only to federal tax liens and to...

§ 18-47-202. Place of filing - (a) Notices of liens, certificates, and other notices affecting federal...

§ 18-47-203. Execution of notices and certificates - Certification of notices of liens, certificates, or other notices affecting...

§ 18-47-204. Duties of filing officer - (a) If a notice of federal lien, a refiling of...

§ 18-47-205. Fees - The fee for filing and indexing each notice of lien...

§ 18-47-206. Uniformity of application and construction - This subchapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its...

§ 18-47-207. Short title - This subchapter may be cited as the “Uniform Federal Lien...

Chapter 48 - Miscellaneous Liens on Personal Property

Subchapter 1 - Animals Generally

§ 18-48-101. Lien of livery stable keepers - (a) All keepers of livery, sale, or feed stables, or...

§ 18-48-102. Sale of property on behalf of livery stable keeper - (a) (1) Whenever any person shall leave or deposit with...

Subchapter 2 - Animals — Feeding and Care of Livestock

§ 18-48-201. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) (A) “Circuit clerk” means...

§ 18-48-202. Stolen livestock exempted - The lien provided under this subchapter shall not apply to...

§ 18-48-203. Filing of written contracts for tending of livestock - (a) (1) All written contracts or copies of them, duly...

§ 18-48-204. Recording, etc., of liens by third parties - (a) Holders of conditional sale contracts shall not be required...

§ 18-48-205. Priority of liens - (a) (1) The lien provided in this subchapter shall be...

§ 18-48-206. Lien of livestock tender — Amount - (a) Any person to whom horses, mules, cattle, sheep, hogs,...

§ 18-48-207. Possession of livestock by tender - When the lien becomes effective, the person tending livestock shall...

§ 18-48-208. Delivery of animals as waiver of lien — Exception - (a) The voluntary delivery to the owners or lienholders of...

§ 18-48-209. Time for enforcement of lien - If the owners fail to pay the fixed charges provided...

§ 18-48-210. Methods of enforcement - The lien may be enforced either by public sale as...

§ 18-48-211. Notice required prior to public sale — Affidavit — Waiver of notices - (a) Before any livestock shall be sold at public sale,...

§ 18-48-212. Sale and disposition of proceeds - (a) All sales under this subchapter shall be at public...

Subchapter 3 - Animals — Services of Male Animal

§ 18-48-301. Nature of lien - (a) The owner of any male animal, kept for the...

§ 18-48-302. Penalty for sale, exchange, removal, or disposition of female animal - Upon the sale, exchange, removal, or disposition of a female...

§ 18-48-303. Filing of claim — Summons - (a) (1) At any time within twenty (20) months after...

§ 18-48-304. Bond for retention of animals - The owner may give bond for the retention of the...

§ 18-48-305. Judgment - (a) If, upon trial, judgment is rendered for the plaintiff,...

Subchapter 4 - Motor Vehicle Storage

§ 18-48-401. Construction - This subchapter shall not be construed to amend or repeal...

§ 18-48-402. Right to lien - Any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of...

§ 18-48-403. Priority of lien - The lien provided for in this subchapter shall have the...

§ 18-48-404. Sale for storage charges - (a) Any person, firm, or corporation having a lien under...

Subchapter 5 - Processed Farm Products

§ 18-48-501. Definitions - As used in this section and §§ 18-48-502 — 18-48-504...

§ 18-48-502. Applicability - This section and §§ 18-48-501, 18-48-503, and 18-48-504 shall specifically...

§ 18-48-503. Right to lien generally - The owner of any plant in this state engaged in...

§ 18-48-504. Enforcement of lien in general - (a) (1) Any owner of any plant holding a lien...

§ 18-48-505. Cotton ginner's lien - (a) The owner of a cotton gin who shall gin...

§ 18-48-506. Enforcement of cotton ginner's lien - (a) (1) A ginner holding a lien under § 18-48-505...

Subchapter 6 - Cemetery Monuments

§ 18-48-601. Perfection of lien - A person furnishing or placing in a cemetery or burial...

§ 18-48-602. Notice of lien - (a) (1) The notice may be filed at any time...

§ 18-48-603. Action to enforce lien - (a) After the service of the notice, an action to...

§ 18-48-604. Restrictions on persons in charge of cemeteries - (a) The superintendent, or other person in charge of a...

Subchapter 7 - Marina Facility Operators

§ 18-48-701. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Default” means the failure...

§ 18-48-702. Marina operator's lien on watercraft and stored property - (a) The operator of a marina facility has a lien...

§ 18-48-703. Notice of lien - The rental agreement shall contain a statement, in bold type,...

§ 18-48-704. Access to leased space — Care of property - (a) If an occupant is in default, the marina operator...

§ 18-48-705. Default — Right to sell property - If the occupant is in default for a period of...

§ 18-48-706. Sale procedure - (a) Before conducting a sale under § 18-48-705, the marina...

§ 18-48-707. Disposition of sale proceeds - (a) Proceeds from the sale shall be paid, in order...

§ 18-48-708. Notices — Method of delivery - (a) Unless otherwise specifically provided, all notices required by this...

§ 18-48-709. Applicability of subchapter - The provisions of this subchapter shall be applicable only in...

Subchapter 8 - Principal Broker Real Estate Lien Act

§ 18-48-801. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 18-48-802. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) (A) “Base rent” means...

§ 18-48-803. Lien upon personal property - (a) (1) A principal broker has a lien in the...

§ 18-48-804. Waiver of right to a lien — Action by principal broker - (a) A principal broker may waive his or her right...

§ 18-48-805. Notice of claim of lien against proceeds - (a) A notice of claim of lien against proceeds shall...

§ 18-48-806. Delivery of notice of claim of lien - (a) Except for service of a complaint under § 18-48-807...

§ 18-48-807. Release of notice of claim of lien - (a) If a principal broker records a notice of claim...

§ 18-48-808. Disputed claim — Order to show cause - (a) (1) An owner of commercial real estate may dispute...

§ 18-48-809. Priority of lien claims - If perfected prior to the recording of a notice of...

Chapter 49 - Enforcement of Mortgages, Deeds of Trust, and Vendors' Liens

§ 18-49-101. Limitation of actions - (a) In suits to foreclose or enforce mortgages, deeds of...

§ 18-49-102. Defense of payment or setoff - (a) In any action in a justice court or circuit...

§ 18-49-103. Judgment - (a) It shall not be necessary in any action upon...

§ 18-49-104. Sale of property under court order and publication of notice of sales - (a) (1) Sales of personal property made by order of...

§ 18-49-105. Proceeds of sale insufficient - If the whole of mortgaged property does not sell for...

§ 18-49-106. Redemption of real property - (a) (1) In all cases where real property is sold...

Chapter 50 - Statutory Foreclosures

§ 18-50-101. Definitions - As used in this chapter: (1) “Beneficiary” means the person...

§ 18-50-102. Parties authorized to foreclose mortgage or deed of trust - (a) Parties authorized to foreclose a mortgage or deed of...

§ 18-50-103. Conditions to exercise of power of sale - A beneficiary or mortgagee may not initiate a foreclosure under...

§ 18-50-104. Prerequisites for foreclosure sale — Contents of notice of sale — Persons to receive notice - (a) The trustee or mortgagee may not sell the trust...

§ 18-50-105. Publication of notice - The mortgagee or trustee shall publish the notice: (1) In...

§ 18-50-106. Trustee's affidavit - On or before the date the mortgagee or trustee conducts...

§ 18-50-107. Manner of sale - (a) The sale shall be held on the date and...

§ 18-50-108. Effect of sale - (a) (1) A sale made by a mortgagee or trustee...

§ 18-50-109. Disposition of proceeds of sale - The trustee or mortgagee shall apply the proceeds of the...

§ 18-50-111. Form and effect of trustee's or mortgagee's deed - (a) (1) The trustee's or mortgagee's deed shall contain recitals...

§ 18-50-112. Deficiency judgment - (a) (1) At any time within twelve (12) months after...

§ 18-50-113. Request for notice - (a) At any time subsequent to the recordation of a...

§ 18-50-114. Reinstatement of mortgage or deed of trust - (a) (1) Whenever all or a portion of the principal...

§ 18-50-115. Implied powers in mortgages - (a) (1) Subject to the provisions of § 18-50-114 and...

§ 18-50-116. Miscellaneous provisions - (a) The procedures set forth in this chapter for the...

§ 18-50-117. Foreign corporations and other entities - No person, firm, company, association, fiduciary, or partnership, either domestic...

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Arkansas Code Title 18 - Property Subtitle 4 - Mortgages And Liens

Arkansas Code
Title 18 - Property
Subtitle 4 - Mortgages And Liens