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21-6-306. Recorders.
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21-6-306. Recorders.
(a)(1) The uniform fees to be charged by the recorders in the various counties in this state shall be as follows:
(A) For recording deeds, deeds of trust, mortgages, release deeds, powers of attorney, plats, survey plats, notary bonds, foreign judgments, materialmen's liens, and other recordable instruments, except as otherwise prescribed in this section, fifteen dollars ($15.00) for one (1) page, one (1) side only, and five dollars ($5.00) for each additional page;
(B) For recording mortgage assignments, mortgage releases, and other instruments when multiple instruments are listed in a single document, an additional fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) per instrument listed not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300) shall be charged; and
(C) Eight dollars ($8.00) for filing or recording a certificate of assessment or any other instrument not specified in this subsection.
(2) If the recorder waives the requirements of § 14-15-402(b)(1) for good cause, the instrument may be recorded for an additional fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
(b)(1) All fees collected under this section shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the fund to be known as the “county recorder's cost fund”.
(2) Moneys deposited into this fund shall be appropriated and expended for the uses designated in this section by the quorum court at the direction of the recorder.
(3) Appropriated moneys shall be placed into line items within the recorder's budget as approved by the quorum court.
(c)(1) All moneys collected by the recorder as a fee as provided in this section shall be used by the recorder's office to offset administrative costs.
(2)(A) At least twenty-five percent (25%) of the moneys collected annually shall be used to purchase, maintain, and o
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 21-6-306
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21-6-306. Recorders.
(a)(1) The uniform fees to be charged by the recorders in the various counties in this state shall be as follows:
(A) For recording deeds, deeds of trust, mortgages, release deeds, powers of attorney, plats, survey plats, notary bonds, foreign judgments, materialmen's liens, and other recordable instruments, except as otherwise prescribed in this section, fifteen dollars ($15.00) for one (1) page, one (1) side only, and five dollars ($5.00) for each additional page;
(B) For recording mortgage assignments, mortgage releases, and other instruments when multiple instruments are listed in a single document, an additional fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) per instrument listed not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300) shall be charged; and
(C) Eight dollars ($8.00) for filing or recording a certificate of assessment or any other instrument not specified in this subsection.
(2) If the recorder waives the requirements of § 14-15-402(b)(1) for good cause, the instrument may be recorded for an additional fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
(b)(1) All fees collected under this section shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the fund to be known as the “county recorder's cost fund”.
(2) Moneys deposited into this fund shall be appropriated and expended for the uses designated in this section by the quorum court at the direction of the recorder.
(3) Appropriated moneys shall be placed into line items within the recorder's budget as approved by the quorum court.
(c)(1) All moneys collected by the recorder as a fee as provided in this section shall be used by the recorder's office to offset administrative costs.
(2)(A) At least twenty-five percent (25%) of the moneys collected annually shall be used to purchase, maintain, and operate an automated records system. The acquisition and update of software for the automated records system shall be a permitted use of these funds.
(B) At the discretion of the recorder, any funds not needed by the recorder for any of the purposes under this subdivision (c)(2) may be transferred to the county general fund.
(C) Any funds in excess of one million dollars ($1,000,000) held at any time in the county recorder's cost fund shall be transferred to the county general fund.
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14-15-402. Instruments to be recorded.
(a) It shall be the duty of each recorder to record in the books provided for his or her office all deeds, mortgages, conveyances, deeds of trust, bonds, covenants, defeasances, affidavits, powers of attorney, assignments, contracts, agreements, leases, or other instruments of writing of or writing concerning any lands and tenements or goods and chattels, which shall be proved or acknowledged according to law, that are authorized to be recorded in his or her office.
(b)(1) To be accepted by the county recorder for recording purposes, all documents shall:
(A) Be on eight and one-half by eleven inch (8½"x11") paper;
(B) Have a two and one-half inch (2.5") margin at the right top of the first page, one-half inch (0.5") margin on the sides and bottoms of all pages, and a two and one-half inch (2.5") margin at the bottom of the last page;
(C) Have an area reserved on the top right of the first page for the file mark of the recorder;
(D) Contain the following information:
(i) The title of the document; and
(ii) The name of the grantor and grantee, when applicable;
(E) Be acknowledged or otherwise executed as permitted by § 16-47-107 or § 18-12-208; and
(F) Be legible.
(2)(A) The county recorder shall have the discretion to waive the requirements of subdivision (b)(1) of this section for:
(i) Good cause; and
(ii) Any document that complies with the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act, § 14-2-301 et seq.
(B) All documents and instruments executed before January 1, 2004, shall be exempt from the requirements of subdivision (b)(1) of this section.
(C) All surveys and plats shall be exempt from the requirements of subdivision (b)(1) of this section.
(3) A county recorder shall not refuse to record a
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-15-402
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