(a) If real property has been forfeited to the State of Arkansas and conveyed by certification to the Commissioner of State Lands for the nonpayment of taxes, the state or the purchaser, donee, or redemptor of the real property may file a suit for confirmation of title in the circuit court of the county where the real property lies, requesting that the title to the real property be confirmed and quieted in the State of Arkansas in care of the Commissioner of State Lands, or in the purchaser, donee, or redemptor of the real property in fee simple.(b)(1) A suit to confirm title in the State of Arkansas or in a purchaser, donee, or redemptor may be filed at any time after the conveyance by certification.(2) The state may elect to file a suit for confirmation after conveyance from the state to a purchaser, donee, or redemptor.(3) If a suit for confirmation is filed after a conveyance from the state, the decree of confirmation inures to the benefit of the purchaser, donee, or redemptor of the real property.Amended by Act 2013, No. 1135,§ 6, eff. 8/16/2013.Acts 1993, No. 646, § 1; 2011, No. 1133, § 1.
Arkansas Legal Code