If the title to any property to which this chapter applies is held by the surviving spouse at the time of the decedent's death, the personal representative or an heir or devisee of the decedent may institute an action to perfect title to the property. The personal representative has no fiduciary duty to discover or attempt to discover whether any property held by the surviving spouse is property to which this chapter applies, unless a written demand is made by an heir, devisee, or creditor of the decedent.
Ark. Code Ann. § 28-12-105
Perfection of title of personal representative, heir, or devisee
Known as the Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act
The act spans §§ 28–28 (13 sections).
Acts 1981, No. 660, § 5; A.S.A. 1947, § 61-405.
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.