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18-60-206. Proof required to recover.
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18-60-206. Proof required to recover.
(a) To entitle the plaintiff to recover, it shall be sufficient for him or her to show that, at the time of the commencement of the action, the defendant was in possession of the premises claimed and that the plaintiff had title thereto or had the right to the possession thereof as is declared by §§ 18-60-201 and 18-60-202 to be sufficient to maintain the action of ejectment.
(b) If the action is brought by a joint tenant or tenant in common against his or her cotenant, the plaintiff shall also be required to show at the trial that the defendant actually ousted him or her or did some act amounting to a total denial of his or her right as a cotenant.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 18-60-206
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Source file: gov.ar.code.title.18.odt
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18-60-206. Proof required to recover.
(a) To entitle the plaintiff to recover, it shall be sufficient for him or her to show that, at the time of the commencement of the action, the defendant was in possession of the premises claimed and that the plaintiff had title thereto or had the right to the possession thereof as is declared by §§ 18-60-201 and 18-60-202 to be sufficient to maintain the action of ejectment.
(b) If the action is brought by a joint tenant or tenant in common against his or her cotenant, the plaintiff shall also be required to show at the trial that the defendant actually ousted him or her or did some act amounting to a total denial of his or her right as a cotenant.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
18-60-201. Right of action generally.
The action of ejectment may be maintained in all cases in which the plaintiff is legally entitled to the possession of the premises.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 18-60-201
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18-60-202. Actions relating to public lands.
(a) The action of ejectment may be maintained in all cases in which the plaintiff claims the possession of the premises under or by virtue of:
(1) An entry made with the register and receiver of the proper land office of the United States;
(2) A preemption right under the laws of the United States; or
(3) When an improvement has been made by him or her on any of the public lands of the United States, whether the lands have been surveyed or not, and when any person, other than those to whom the right of action is given by subdivisions (a)(1) and (2) of this section, is in possession of the improvement.
(b) An action of trespass may also be maintained in all the cases enumerated in subsection (a) of this section.
(c) The executor or administrator of any person who has died and who in his or her lifetime made improvements on any of the public lands of the United States, whether he or she had a right of preemption to the improvements or not under the laws of the United States, or whether the lands on which the improvements may have been made have been surveyed or not, may maintain an action of ejectment for the recovery of the improvement, to the same extent and with the same restrictions as provided by subsection (a) of this section, for their testator or intestate.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 18-60-202
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 18-60-202. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.