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Ark. Code Ann. § 18-15-1303 (2026)

Procedure for condemnation

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In the event any company fails, upon application to individuals, railroads, or turnpike companies, to secure the right-of-way by consent, contract, or agreement, then the corporation shall have the right to proceed to procure the condemnation of the property, lands, rights, privileges, and easements in the manner provided by law for taking private property for right-of-way for railroads as provided by §§ 18-15-1201 — 18-15-1207, including the procedure for providing notice by publication and by certified mail in § 18-15-1202.

History. Acts 1905, No. 228, § 2, p. 577; C. & M. Dig., § 3970; Pope's Dig., § 4972; A.S.A. 1947, § 35-602; Acts 1999, No. 1236, § 3.

Amendments. The 1999 amendment added “including the procedure for providing notice by publication and by certified mail in § 18-15-1202” at the end.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 2010–2014 · leading case: GSS, LLC v. Centerpoint Energy Gas Transmission Co., 2014 Ark. 144 (Ark. 2014).
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GSS, LLC v. Centerpoint Energy Gas Transmission Co., 2014 Ark. 144 (Ark. 2014). · cites it 6× “§ 717f(h), Ark. Code Ann. § 18-15-1303 (Repl. 2003), and Ark.”
Smith v. Arkansas Midstream Gas Servs. Corp., 377 S.W.3d 199 (Ark. 2010). · cites it 4× “alleged that Midstream did not have the authority to exercise the right of eminent domain because: (1) Midstream was seeking to exercise that right to acquire property for private, rather than public, use in violation of the Arkansas Constitution; (2) section 23-15-101 was…”
Ralph Loyd Martin Revocable Trust Declaration Dated The First Day of April 1994 v. Arkansas Midstream Gas Servs. Corp., 377 S.W.3d 251 (Ark. 2010). · cites it 2× “2002), and the Eminent Domain Code, Ark. Code Ann. § 18-15-1303 (Repl.2003), and petitioned the White County Circuit Court on June 2, 2008, to assert the power of eminent domain to condemn a portion of the Martin Trusts’ property to acquire a permanent pipeline easement of sixty…”
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