No conditional sale contract, conditional lease, chattel mortgage, or other lien or encumbrance or title retention instrument upon a vehicle, of a type subject to registration under the laws of this state other than a lien dependent upon possession, is valid as against the creditors of an owner acquiring a lien by levy or attachment or subsequent purchasers or encumbrances, with or without notice, until the requirements of this subchapter have been complied with.
Compliance required
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-14-801 — under Motor Vehicle Administration, Certificate of Title, and Antitheft Act.
Ark. Code Ann. § 27-14-801