Title 14 — Local Government
192 chapters · 901 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 14-18-101 Subdivision of lands — Filing
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(a) The owners of land lying beyond the confines of municipal corporations, which have not theretofore been subdivided as additions or subdivisions of any city or town, may have their lands surveyed and divided into numbered plots by a competent surveyor, who shall make a plat th…
Ark. Code Ann. § 14-18-102 Descriptions deemed legal
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The descriptions of the lands platted and recorded as set out in this chapter may be employed by any and all improvement districts for the purpose of assessing benefits for local improvements. These descriptions shall be legal descriptions in all deeds, mortgages, and other instr…
Ark. Code Ann. § 14-18-103 Expense of survey — Recording
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(a) The expense of surveys shall be borne by the owners of the lands affected, and the recorder shall collect the same fees for recording plats of the lands as are collected by recorders for recording plats of lands platted as subdivisions of a municipal corporation. (b) Each pla…
Ark. Code Ann. § 14-18-104 Taxation of platted lands
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After the recordation of a plat, the lands described therein and thereon shall be assessed in accordance with the descriptions on the plat, and taxes shall be levied and collected thereon in such manner as taxes are levied and collected on real estate in cities and towns. However…
Ark. Code Ann. § 14-18-105 Authority to vacate street, alley, or roadway
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In all cases where the owner of lands situated in a county and outside of a city of the first or second class or incorporated town has dedicated a portion of the lands as streets, alleys, or roadways by platting the lands into additions or subdivisions and causing the plat to be …
Ark. Code Ann. § 14-18-106 Petition to vacate street, etc
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(a) (1) The owners of all lots and blocks abutting upon any street, alley, or roadway, or portion thereof, desired to be vacated shall file a petition in the county court requesting the court to vacate it.(2) The petition shall clearly designate or describe the street, alley, or …
Ark. Code Ann. § 14-18-107 Determination on vacation of street, etc
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(a) At the time named in the notice, the parties signing the petition and any other parties owning lots or blocks in the platted lands not abutting on the streets, alleys, or roadways, or portions thereof, to be vacated or otherwise affected by the vacation shall be heard; and th…
Ark. Code Ann. § 14-18-108 Order vacating streets, etc
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(a) If the county court shall find that the petition should be granted, either in whole or in part, it shall enter an order vacating the streets, alleys, roadways, or portions thereof. (b) (1) The finding and order of the county court shall be conclusive on all parties having or …
Ark. Code Ann. § 14-18-109 Abutting lots reduced to acreage
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(a) The owners of all lots abutting on the streets, alleys, or roadways, or portions thereof, vacated by an order of the county court, as provided for in § 14-18-108, shall have the right to have reduced to acreage such lots and the streets or alleys so vacated by petition to the…
Ark. Code Ann. § 14-18-110 Validating return of platted land to acreage
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(a) In all cases where land theretofore platted into lots and blocks has been returned to acreage under the order of the county court in which the land lies and where the return to acreage did not involve the closing of any public road or thoroughfare, the action of the court in …