Every interest in real estate granted or devised to two (2) or more persons, other than executors and trustees as such, shall be in tenancy in common unless expressly declared in the grant or devise to be a joint tenancy.
Ark. Code Ann. § 18-12-603
Grants to two or more as tenancy in common
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 82 Ark. App. 236 - Tripp v. Miller (2003)
Most recently applied in 2021 Ark. App. 175 - Teresa Genz, Kathern Cooksey, Cassandra Julich, Logan Genz, Taylor Genz, Jerry Genz, and Lance Cooksey v. Amy Carter Cooksey, Individually and as Trustee of the James E. Cooksey Trust U/T/D March 11, 2010 (April 2021)
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