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Ark. Code Ann. § 13-4-303

Tax and assessment records

Acts 1991, No. 800, § 2; 2015, No. 71, § 1.

All counties of the State of Arkansas shall maintain county tax and assessment records as follows, if they are currently being maintained:

(1) For tax and assessment records: Permanently maintain: Real estate, personal, and mineral tax book;

(2) Delinquent real estate;

(3) Personal property list;

(4) Lands forfeited to the state, and minerals;

(5) Land book of state and federally owned lands;

(6) Clerk's deed of land sold for taxes;

(7) Journal of proceedings of the county equalization board;

(8) Final settlement of tax books; and

(9) Original charge for all taxing units and certification;

(10) Maintain for seven (7) years: Real estate and personal assessment record;

(11) Real estate and personal tax receipts recorded in tax books; and

(12) Redemption certificate;

(13) Maintain for five (5) years, after rollback is complete, certification of tax adjustment for public utilities and regulated carriers (computation of utility tax);

(14) Maintain for three (3) years: Delinquent personal tax settlement;

(15) Land redemption report;

(16) State lands distribution; and

(17) Monthly tax distribution;

(18) Maintain for one (1) year, after audit by Arkansas Legislative Audit: Valuation of real and personal property of utilities; and

(19) Real and personal property tax correction forms;

(20) For county assessor's records, maintain for five (5) years: Real estate appraisal card after reappraisal;

(21) Lists of names of taxpayers furnished to assessor by school boards;

(22) The personal, commercial, and industrial assessment forms; and

(23) Inactive homestead credit documents.

(24) Prior to destruction of these forms, the documents shall be made available to the county collector;

(25) For county collector's records: Maintain permanently: Certified delinquent real estate list with publication certificate;

(26) Certified delinquent list for real estate forfeited to the Commissioner of State Lands with publication certification;

(27) Personal property tax book;

(28) Certified delinquent personal property list; and

(29) Delinquent ad valorem tax lists for oil and gas interests;

(30) Maintain for ten (10) years, tax settlements;

(31) Maintain for seven (7) years: Real estate redemption certificates;

(32) Cash receipts and disbursement journal; and

(33) Collector's copy of tax receipts; and

(34) Maintain for three (3) years: Daily collection reports; and

(35) Distraint of goods and garnishment to pay delinquent personal taxes.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.