Title 18, Property

(a) (1) All written contracts or copies of them, duly certified by a notary public as true and correct, shall be filed in the office of the circuit clerk of the county where the owners, or either of them, reside, if they reside in Arkansas, and also in the office of the circuit c…

(a) Holders of conditional sale contracts shall not be required to record their contracts. (b) Holders of chattel mortgages and other claimants of liens upon livestock must comply with laws relating to recording, filing, and otherwise required as notice to bona fide third parties…

(a) (1) The lien provided in this subchapter shall be first and prior to that of any conditional sale contract, recorded or filed chattel mortgage, or other encumbrance that is executed after March 27, 1957, if the person feeding, herding, pasturing, keeping, or ranching the live…

(a) Any person to whom horses, mules, cattle, sheep, hogs, or other livestock shall be entrusted by their owners or their agent for the purpose of feeding, herding, pasturing, keeping, or ranching shall have a lien upon the horses, mules, cattle, sheep, hogs, or other livestock f…

When the lien becomes effective, the person tending livestock shall be entitled to retain possession of the livestock until payment in full has been made for the feeding, herding, pasturing, keeping, or ranching.

(a) The voluntary delivery to the owners or lienholders of all livestock tended by a person tending them under this subchapter shall be held to waive or abandon the lien. (b) However, the holder of the lien under this subchapter may allow the owners of the livestock, or lienholde…

If the owners fail to pay the fixed charges provided for in the written contract, or otherwise breach their agreement, the person who has custody of the livestock may proceed to enforce his or her lien under this subchapter at any time after ten (10) days from the date when the p…

The lien may be enforced either by public sale as provided in §§ 18-48-211 and 18-48-212 or by suit filed in the circuit court of the county wherein the livestock on which the lien is attached is located, without regard as to the amount in controversy.

(a) Before any livestock shall be sold at public sale, without court action, if the names and addresses of the owners and if the name and address of the conditional sales vendor, mortgagor, or other prior lienholder are known, at least twenty (20) days' notice of the sale shall b…

(a) All sales under this subchapter shall be at public auction for cash. (b) (1) The proceeds of the sale, after payment of the charges for the feeding, herding, pasturing, keeping, or ranching of the livestock, from the date when the lien became effective under § 18-48-203 until…

(a) The owner of any male animal, kept for the propagation of his species, shall have a lien upon any female animal and her offspring to which the male is let for the sum contracted therefor. (b) The lien shall attach at the time of service of the male and shall not be lost by re…

Upon the sale, exchange, removal, or disposition of a female animal described in § 18-48-301 without consent of the person holding the lien or with intent to defraud him or her, the owner of the female animal shall be guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be fined in an…

(a) (1) At any time within twenty (20) months after the right of action accrues, the owner of the male animal may bring a civil action before a court having jurisdiction.(2) The petition shall be verified and set forth the amount of the claim, the cause of action, and a descripti…

The owner may give bond for the retention of the animal or animals as in actions for the recovery of personal property.

(a) If, upon trial, judgment is rendered for the plaintiff, the court shall order a sale of the animal or animals as on execution sales to pay the judgment and costs. (b) If bond is given for the retention of the animal or animals, the court shall render judgment on the bond agai…

This subchapter shall not be construed to amend or repeal any existing laws, unless in direct conflict therewith.

Any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the business of the storage of automobiles and other motor vehicles, whether the storage is the principal line of business or an incident to the regular business, shall have a lien upon the motor vehicle so stored for the sums of money …

The lien provided for in this subchapter shall have the same priority as is provided by § 18-45-202.

(a) Any person, firm, or corporation having a lien under the provisions of this subchapter and retaining possession of the motor vehicle by virtue of the lien thereon for storage charges shall have the right to sell it for the satisfaction of the debt for which the motor vehicle …

As used in this section and §§ 18-48-502 — 18-48-504 “owner” and “operator” mean corporations, partnerships, or individuals engaged in the business of elevators, drying, cleaning, milling, or processing rice or other similar farm products.

This section and §§ 18-48-501, 18-48-503, and 18-48-504 shall specifically further protect all owners and operators of dryers, elevators, or cleaning, milling, or processing plants, but do not extend to any relationship between the owner or operator and his or her employee or emp…

The owner of any plant in this state engaged in the drying, cleaning, milling, or processing of rice or any other similar farm products for another shall have an absolute lien on the farm product to secure the payment for the drying, cleaning, milling, or processing of the farm p…

(a) (1) Any owner of any plant holding a lien under this section and §§ 18-48-501 — 18-48-503 may hold the farm product, and the by-products thereof, if any, for a period of thirty (30) days, unless his or her claim is sooner paid.(2) After that time the lienholder may sell such …

(a) The owner of a cotton gin who shall gin seed cotton for another and bale it shall have an absolute lien on the cottonseed and on the baled cotton to secure the payment of the ginning and the bagging and ties used in baling the cotton. (b) The lien shall attach to each bale of…

(a) (1) A ginner holding a lien under § 18-48-505 and this section may hold the cotton and seed for thirty (30) days, unless his or her claim is paid sooner.(2) After that time the lienholder may sell it at the best obtainable price on the market, at private sale, and from the pr…

A person furnishing or placing in a cemetery or burial ground, a monument, gravestone, enclosure, or other structure has a lien thereon for the agreed price thereof, or the part remaining unpaid, with interest from the time the amount was due, upon filing with the superintendent …

(a) (1) The notice may be filed at any time after the completion of the work, but must be filed within one (1) year after the agreed price for furnishing or placing the monument, gravestone, enclosure, or other structure becomes due.(2) The notice shall:(A) State that the lienor …

(a) After the service of the notice, an action to recover the amount of the debt and to enforce a lien therefor may be maintained by the lienor against the person with whom the agreement was made for the purchase and erection of the monument, gravestone, enclosure, or other struc…

(a) The superintendent, or other person in charge of a cemetery or burial ground, shall not permit the removal, alteration, or inscription of a monument, gravestone, enclosure, or other structure against which a lien exists after the notice of the lien has been filed and served a…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Default” means the failure to perform on time any obligation or duty set forth in the rental agreement;(2) “Last known address” means that address provided by the occupant in the rental agreement or the address provided by the occupant in a sub…

(a) The operator of a marina facility has a lien on all personal property stored within each leased space for rent, labor, or other charges and for expenses reasonably incurred in its sale, as provided in this subchapter. (b) The lien provided for in this section attaches as of t…

(1) The rental agreement shall contain a statement, in bold type, advising the occupant:(1) Of the existence of the lien; and(2) That property stored in the leased space may be sold to satisfy the lien if the occupant is in default. (1) Of the existence of the lien; and (2) That …

(a) If an occupant is in default, the marina operator may deny the occupant access to the leased space. (b) (1) Unless the rental agreement specifically provides otherwise and until a lien sale under this subchapter, the property stored in the leased space remains vested in the o…

If the occupant is in default for a period of more than forty-five (45) days, the marina operator may enforce the lien by selling the property stored in the leased space at a public sale for cash.

(a) Before conducting a sale under § 18-48-705, the marina operator shall:(1) (A) Notify the occupant in writing of the default.(B) The notice shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the occupant at the occupant's last known address, and shall include:(i) A …

(a) Proceeds from the sale shall be paid, in order of priority:(1) To satisfy all prior liens having priority over the marina operator's lien as set forth in § 18-48-702;(2) To satisfy the marina operator's lien; and(3) To the occupant or other person or persons entitled thereto.…

(a) Unless otherwise specifically provided, all notices required by this subchapter shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested. (b) (1) Notices sent to the operator shall be sent to the marina facility where the occupant's property is stored.(2) Notices to the occu…

The provisions of this subchapter shall be applicable only in those situations in which the rental agreement is between a marina operator and the occupant.

This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Principal Broker Real Estate Lien Act”.

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) (A) “Base rent” means the rent designated in a lease as base rent, or a similar term, for the possession and use of commercial real estate.(B) “Base rent” does not include separate payments made by tenants for insurance, taxes, utilities, or oth…

(a) (1) A principal broker has a lien in the amount that the owner has agreed to pay the principal broker or real estate firm under a representation agreement upon:(A) The owner's net proceeds from the disposition of commercial real estate; and(B) The net rental proceeds from the…

(a) A principal broker may waive his or her right to a lien under this subchapter in the representation agreement. (b) If a court finds that payment is due to the principal broker in an action to recover amounts due under a representation agreement in which the principal broker h…

(a) A notice of claim of lien against proceeds shall state:(1) The name, address, and telephone number of the principal broker;(2) The date of the representation agreement;(3) The name of the owner of the commercial real estate;(4) The legal description of the commercial real est…

(a) Except for service of a complaint under § 18-48-807 or § 18-48-808, a notice required to be delivered to a party under this subchapter shall be delivered by:(1) Any form of service of process permitted by Rule 4 of the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure;(2) Registered or certi…

(a) If a principal broker records a notice of claim of lien against proceeds and knows or learns that he or she is not entitled to receive compensation under the terms of the representation agreement, the principal broker shall record a written release of the notice of claim of l…

(a) (1) An owner of commercial real estate may dispute a recorded notice of claim of lien against proceeds filed under this subchapter by filing a complaint in the circuit court of the county where the commercial real estate or a portion of the commercial real estate is located f…