# Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-601: Proceedings to confirm public sales

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## Section

- **Citation:** Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-601
- **Heading:** Proceedings to confirm public sales
- **Jurisdiction:** Arkansas
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** AR Code / Title 18 / Chapter 60 / Subchapter 6 / Section 18-60-601

## Text

The purchasers, or the heirs and legal representatives of purchasers, of lands at sheriff's sales or those made by the county clerks, or by the Commissioner of State Lands, or from levee or drainage improvement districts, who have acquired title by purchase at the sale held by the sheriff or by foreclosure proceedings for taxes due the districts, in pursuance of any of the laws thereof, or those made by the order, decree, or authority of any court of record, may protect themselves from eviction of the lands so purchased, or from any responsibility as possessors of them, by proceeding in the manner provided in this subchapter. Rev. Stat., ch. 149, § 1; Acts 1881, No. 69, § 1, p. 134; C. & M. Dig., § 8379; Pope's Dig., § 10975; Acts 1951, No. 263, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 34-1918.

The purchasers, or the heirs and legal representatives of purchasers, of lands at sheriff's sales or those made by the county clerks, or by the Commissioner of State Lands, or from levee or drainage improvement districts, who have acquired title by purchase at the sale held by the sheriff or by foreclosure proceedings for taxes due the districts, in pursuance of any of the laws thereof, or those made by the order, decree, or authority of any court of record, may protect themselves from eviction of the lands so purchased, or from any responsibility as possessors of them, by proceeding in the manner provided in this subchapter.

Rev. Stat., ch. 149, § 1; Acts 1881, No. 69, § 1, p. 134; C. & M. Dig., § 8379; Pope's Dig., § 10975; Acts 1951, No. 263, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 34-1918.

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