# Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-604: Petition taken as confessed

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## Section

- **Citation:** Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-604
- **Heading:** Petition taken as confessed
- **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 18-60-604

## Text

If the deed or deeds are in proper legal form and properly executed, if there is proof showing payment, settlement, or release of the taxes, and if the evidence shows that no one is in possession adverse to the petitioner, then in case no one has appeared to show cause against the prayer of the petitioner, the petition shall be taken as confessed and the court shall render final decrees confirming the sale in question. Rev. Stat., ch. 149, § 4; Acts 1893, No. 95, § 3, p. 165; C. & M. Dig., § 8388; Pope's Dig., § 10984; Acts 1951, No. 263, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 34-1921; Acts 2007, No. 1037, § 3.

If the deed or deeds are in proper legal form and properly executed, if there is proof showing payment, settlement, or release of the taxes, and if the evidence shows that no one is in possession adverse to the petitioner, then in case no one has appeared to show cause against the prayer of the petitioner, the petition shall be taken as confessed and the court shall render final decrees confirming the sale in question.

Rev. Stat., ch. 149, § 4; Acts 1893, No. 95, § 3, p. 165; C. & M. Dig., § 8388; Pope's Dig., § 10984; Acts 1951, No. 263, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 34-1921; Acts 2007, No. 1037, § 3.

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