All mortgages of real estate shall be proven or acknowledged in the same manner that deeds for the conveyance of real estate are required by law to be proven or acknowledged. When so proven or acknowledged they shall be recorded in the counties in which the lands lie.
Ark. Code Ann. § 18-40-101
Proof or acknowledgment — Recording
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Hawkins v. First National Bank, Crossett (In Re Bearhouse, Inc.) (1989)
Most recently applied in In Re Stewart (December 2009)
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