Title 22, Public Property

(1) The provisions of this section and § 22-6-117 shall not apply to the following:(1) Conveyance by the state of tax-delinquent property;(2) Leases of state property of a duration of one (1) year or less;(3) Leases of state property to state employees for housing;(4) Conveyances…

(a) Books, accounts, records, papers, maps, and documents relating to the functions and powers of the Commissioner of State Lands, including the records and documents used by the historical predecessors of the Commissioner of State Lands, are the property of the state and shall r…

(a) It is the primary purpose and intent of this subchapter that when islands are formed in navigable waters of this state, title to the islands should be retained in the state if the island is appropriate for use by any state agency or may become appropriate for any use by the s…

(a) Except as provided in § 22-6-204, islands formed or that may form in the navigable waters of this state are the property of the state and subject to sale and disposition in the manner and form provided in this subchapter. (b) The Commissioner of State Lands may lease, grant, …

(a) The Commissioner of State Lands shall receive requests for conveyance of title to an island previously formed in the navigable waters of this state and not previously disposed of in the manner provided by law. (b) (1) The Commissioner of State Lands shall inquire into the ter…

(a) All sales made by the Commissioner of State Lands pursuant to this subchapter prior to July 1, 1991, are confirmed, and the title of all purchases under the deeds from the Commissioner of State Lands are quieted, established, and confirmed. (b) The area described in any of th…

(a) As used in this section, “object of antiquity” includes without limitation property lost or abandoned for twenty-five (25) years or more. (b) An object of antiquity found in the submerged lands of the state and not claimed by the United States Government or protected under th…

(a) It shall be lawful for the county court of any county in which any permanent school lands and lots, as defined in § 22-6-111, are situated to order the lands or lots sold at public auction by the sheriff, in legal subdivisions, upon the application of any person who may desir…

(a) The county court shall appoint three (3) disinterested householders of the county who are familiar with real estate values to view and appraise the lands and lots and cause the timber, if any on the land, to be estimated. (b) Each appraiser shall take an oath, which shall be …

(a) The sheriff shall give notice by publication in some newspaper published in the county where the land is situated, at least four (4) weeks before the day of sale, that he or she will sell the land or lots at the courthouse door. (b) Upon the day of the sale, the sheriff shall…

(a) The sheriff shall report without delay all sales to the county court, which may reject or confirm the sale. (b) If any sale is rejected, the county court may direct the sheriff to again advertise and offer the land or lots for sale. (c) If the sale is confirmed by the court, …

(a) Immediately after each sale of any part of school lands and lots under this subchapter, each county clerk shall certify to the Auditor of State the amount of moneys received by the sheriff on account of the sale, and the Auditor of State shall charge this amount to the sherif…

(a) Whenever there may be in the State of Arkansas any school lands or lots situated in any county in this state, and in a congressional township, or fraction thereof, where no inhabitants reside, any adult inhabitant of the county, by written petition properly verified by the af…

The Commissioner of State Lands shall have full power and authority to sell lands granted by the United States Congress to this state under the designation, “swamp and overflowed lands”, and, in making the sales, he or she shall be governed by the provisions of this subchapter wh…

(a) Upon the application made to the Commissioner of State Lands by any person, firm, or corporation seeking to purchase from the State of Arkansas any of the lands granted by the United States Congress to this state under the designation of “swamp and overflowed lands”, on which…

(a) When the report of the appraisers has been filed with the Commissioner of State Lands, he or she shall notify the applicant of the value of the land as fixed by the appraisers and, upon the applicant's paying into the State Treasury the value of the lands as determined by the…

(a) Any person who, either in person or by and through his or her tenants, resides on or cultivates any of the swamp and overflowed lands which may have been confirmed to the state shall have a preemption right to the lands to be proved as provided in this section. (b) Should the…

(a) When there are conflicting claims to swamp and overflowed lands, the Commissioner of State Lands may administer oaths and shall decide, upon proper notice to the parties and upon hearing testimony and statements under oath, to whom the patent certificate shall be issued in ac…

All moneys paid into the State Treasury for the purchase of swamp and overflowed lands shall be appropriated by the General Assembly for purposes which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of the terms of 9 Stat. 519, Ch. 84.

(a) Where tax-forfeited lands are disposed of by the state by return to private ownership by sale or redemption, the oil, gas, and mineral rights shall be a part of the fee and shall be conveyed with it, and the deeds shall not contain any restrictive covenants or reservations re…

(a) All deeds issued by the Commissioner of State Lands for lands, including city and town lots which have been certified for the nonpayment of taxes, shall be forwarded or delivered to the recorder of the county in which the lands, including city and town lots, are located, and …

(a) The Arkansas State Claims Commission is authorized and empowered to make refunds of amounts received by the state for the purchase or redemption of tax-forfeited lands or of funds received by the state from the sale of islands when it has been determined by the commission tha…

(a) (1) (A) The several state boards or commissions having supervision of the affairs of the charitable, penal, correctional, educational, and other institutions of the State of Arkansas, all other state boards and commissions, and the executive heads of all state offices, depart…

(a) It is declared the policy of the State of Arkansas to reimburse, annually or biennially, the counties from which the State of Arkansas has acquired or may acquire title to, or use of, acreage farm lands aggregating more than one thousand (1,000) acres for the use of its penal…

(a) The respective boards charged with the management or control of the charitable, penal, or correctional institutions and institutions of higher education of the State of Arkansas and other agencies of the state are authorized and empowered to donate, without compensation to th…

(a) The State of Arkansas consents to the purchase by the United States of any site or ground for the erection of any armory, arsenal, fort, fortification, navy yard, customhouse, lighthouse, lock, dam, fish hatchery, or other public buildings of any kind. (b) The jurisdiction of…

(a) (1) In order to acquire all or any measure of legislative jurisdiction of the kind addressed in United States Constitution, Article I, Section 8, Clause 17, over any land or other area, or in order to relinquish that legislative jurisdiction or any measure thereof which may b…

The jurisdiction of this state within and over all lands purchased by the United States on which national cemeteries may be established within the limits of this state is ceded to the United States so far as the permanent enclosures of such national cemeteries may extend and no f…

(a) The consent of the State of Arkansas is given to the acquisition by the United States, by purchase, by exchange, or otherwise with adequate compensation, of such land in Arkansas as, in the opinion of the United States Government, may be needed for the establishment, consolid…

(a) The consent of the State of Arkansas is given to the making by the United States Congress, or under its authority, of all such rules and regulations as the United States Government may determine to be needful in respect to game animals and game and nongame birds and fish on, …

(a) Upon application of any duly authorized person of the United States Forest Service to purchase tax-forfeited lands lying within or contiguous to any national forest for the purpose of adding the lands to the national forest, the Commissioner of State Lands shall set aside and…

(a) The Commissioner of State Lands is authorized, at his or her discretion, to negotiate with the representatives of the United States Government for the sale of all or any part of the school or tax lands situated within the Ouachita National Forest and Ozark National Forest. Up…

(a) For the purpose of more effectively cooperating with the United States in the acquisition, development, and maintenance of refuges for migratory waterfowl and other wildlife, consent is granted to the United States to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, gift, lease, or exchan…

(a) The Commissioner of State Lands is authorized and empowered to grant and convey to the United States Government, or to any duly constituted agency thereof, all state lands owned by the State of Arkansas in any area designated as a submarginal land project when the Commissione…

(a) The State of Arkansas consents to the purchase by the United States of a site for public buildings mentioned in 17 Stat. 280, Ch. 324, and cedes jurisdiction to the United States over any lot, parcel, or block of ground within the corporate limits of the City of Little Rock, …

The State of Arkansas consents to the purchase by the United States of a site for a public building mentioned in 25 Stat. 84, Ch. 80, and cedes to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over any lot or block of ground within the corporate limits of the City of Helena, not excee…

The State of Arkansas consents to the purchase by the United States of a site for a public building mentioned in 25 Stat. 87, Ch. 128, and cedes to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over any lot or block of ground within the corporate limits of the City of Texarkana, not e…

The State of Arkansas consents to the purchase by the United States of a site for a public building mentioned in 26 Stat. 702, Ch. 39, and cedes to the United States exclusive jurisdiction over any lot or block of ground within the corporate limits of the City of Camden, not exce…

(a) The jurisdiction of the state within and over block number five hundred fourteen (514), in the military reservation addition to the City of Fort Smith, Arkansas, as it is marked and designated by the field notes on file in the mayor's office and known as part of the abandoned…

(a) The consent of the State of Arkansas is granted to the United States to purchase or acquire real property of not more than one thousand five (1,005) acres in extent in Pulaski County in this state for the purpose of a military post, fort, arsenal, or reservation. (b) Exclusiv…

(a) Exclusive jurisdiction over that part of the Hot Springs National Park known and described as part of the Hot Springs Mountain, and whose limits are particularly described by the following boundary lines: Commencing at stone monument number seven (7) set upon the west line of…

(a) Exclusive jurisdiction over that part of the Hot Springs National Park known and described as block eighty-two (82) on the official plat of the United States Hot Springs Commission is ceded to the United States to be exercised so long as it shall remain the property of the Un…

(a) Exclusive jurisdiction over that part of the Hot Springs National Park known and described as the automobile tourist camp and whose limits are particularly described by the following boundary lines: Commencing at the stone marking at the northeast corner of the northeast quar…

(a) Exclusive jurisdiction over all lands which are or shall be included in the Hot Springs National Park in the State of Arkansas and which have not previously been included in acts of the General Assembly is ceded to the United States to be exercised so long as the lands remain…

(a) The State of Arkansas or any agency or institution of the state having jurisdiction or authority over lands held in the name of the State of Arkansas, which lands are necessary or desirable in the furtherance of the Ouachita River Navigation Project and any wildlife refuge es…

(a) The State of Arkansas accepts relinquishment by the United States to the State of Arkansas of such legislative jurisdiction as will enable the State of Arkansas and its political subdivisions to exercise, concurrently with the United States, law enforcement powers on a tract …