Ark. Code Ann. § 14-15-401 (2026)

1. 1. There shall be established in each county in this state an office to be styled the county recorder's office, which shall be kept at the seat of justice of each county.
   2. 1. Unless otherwise provided by law, the county recorder is the circuit clerk of the county.
      2. In a county that under law has assigned the duties of the county recorder to the county clerk, all Arkansas Code references to circuit clerk that concern recording functions shall mean the county clerk.
2. The county recorder:
   1. Shall duly attend to the duties of the county recorder's office;
   2. Shall provide and keep in the county recorder's office well-bound books in which the county recorder shall record in a fair and legible hand all instruments of writing authorized or required to be recorded in the manner provided; and
   3. 1. May implement electronic filing and searching provisions and procedures under the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act, § 14-2-301 et seq.
      2. Unless a county recorder has implemented the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act, § 14-2-301 et seq., the transmission of an electronic document to the county recorder has no legal effect.
      3. A person that seeks to record an electronic document is solely responsible for determining if a county recorder has implemented the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act, § 14-2-301 et seq.

History. Rev. Stat., ch. 124, § 1; C. & M. Dig., §§ 8616, 8617; Pope's Dig., §§ 11208, 11209; A.S.A. 1947, § 12-1001; Acts 2007, No. 734, § 2; 2009, No. 160, § 1.

Amendments. The 2009 amendment added (a)(2) and redesignated the remaining text accordingly.

Cross References. Public records generally, § 14-2-101 et seq.