# Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-608: Effect of decree confirming sale

> Arkansas · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T18_C60_S6_S18-60-608

## Section

- **Citation:** Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-608
- **Heading:** Effect of decree confirming sale
- **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 18-60-608

## Text

(a) (1) The judgment or decree of the court confirming the sale shall operate as a complete bar against any and all persons who may thereafter claim the land in consequence of informality or illegality in the proceedings. (2) The title to the land shall be considered as confirmed and complete in the purchaser thereof, his or her heirs and assigns forever, saving, however, to infants, persons of unsound mind, or individuals imprisoned overseas, the right to appear and contest the title to the land within one (1) year after their disabilities may be removed. (b) The decree shall not be valid for any purpose as against the owner of the land, his heirs or assigns, who was, at the time of the decree rendered, in actual possession of it, unless he or she is made a party to the action by personal service of notice therein. Rev. Stat., ch. 149, § 6; Acts 1893, No. 72, § 1, p. 117; C. & M. Dig., § 8391; Pope's Dig., § 10987; Acts 1939, No. 318, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 34-1923.

(a) (1) The judgment or decree of the court confirming the sale shall operate as a complete bar against any and all persons who may thereafter claim the land in consequence of informality or illegality in the proceedings. (2) The title to the land shall be considered as confirmed and complete in the purchaser thereof, his or her heirs and assigns forever, saving, however, to infants, persons of unsound mind, or individuals imprisoned overseas, the right to appear and contest the title to the land within one (1) year after their disabilities may be removed.

(1) The judgment or decree of the court confirming the sale shall operate as a complete bar against any and all persons who may thereafter claim the land in consequence of informality or illegality in the proceedings.

(2) The title to the land shall be considered as confirmed and complete in the purchaser thereof, his or her heirs and assigns forever, saving, however, to infants, persons of unsound mind, or individuals imprisoned overseas, the right to appear and contest the title to the land within one (1) year after their disabilities may be removed.

(b) The decree shall not be valid for any purpose as against the owner of the land, his heirs or assigns, who was, at the time of the decree rendered, in actual possession of it, unless he or she is made a party to the action by personal service of notice therein.

Rev. Stat., ch. 149, § 6; Acts 1893, No. 72, § 1, p. 117; C. & M. Dig., § 8391; Pope's Dig., § 10987; Acts 1939, No. 318, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 34-1923.

## Nearby sections

- [Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-601 Proceedings to confirm public sales](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T18_C60_S6_S18-60-601.md)
- [Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-602 Petition for confirmation - Affidavit](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T18_C60_S6_S18-60-602.md)
- [Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-603 Publication of notice](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T18_C60_S6_S18-60-603.md)
- [Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-604 Petition taken as confessed](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T18_C60_S6_S18-60-604.md)
- [Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-605 Trial of sale validity](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T18_C60_S6_S18-60-605.md)
- [Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-606 Evidence at trial](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T18_C60_S6_S18-60-606.md)
- [Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-607 Confirmation of sale](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T18_C60_S6_S18-60-607.md)
- [Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-608 Effect of decree confirming sale](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T18_C60_S6_S18-60-608.md)
- [Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-609 Effect of title not confirmed](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T18_C60_S6_S18-60-609.md)
- [Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-610 Costs](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T18_C60_S6_S18-60-610.md)

---

Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T18_C60_S6_S18-60-608. Check the current official text before relying on it. Not legal advice.