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AR House Bill 1479 (2025)

Legislation

State: Arkansas
Signed: March 25, 2025

Effective: August 03, 2025
Chapter: Act No. 418

Summary

Permits a Notary to execute and record a scrivener’s affidavit under certain circumstances.

Affects

Amends Section 18-12-108(b) of the Arkansas Code.

Changes

Provides that scrivener's affidavit may be executed and recorded by a Notary who witnessed the execution of an original instrument and executed an acknowledgement to the original instrument that contains an error. 

Analysis

Senate Bill 1137, enacted in 2013, established the use of a "scrivener's affidavit" to simplify the process of correcting certain errors in recorded documents related to real property titles. The law required that the affidavit be sworn and acknowledged before a Notary or other notarial officer. House Bill 1479 amends this statute, permitting a Notary to execute and record a scrivener's affidavit provided the Notary witnessed the signing of the document containing the error and executed an acknowledgment for that document. 

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