# Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-703: Petition - Verification and certification

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## Section

- **Citation:** Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-703
- **Heading:** Petition - Verification and certification
- **Jurisdiction:** Arkansas
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** AR Code / Title 18 / Chapter 60 / Subchapter 7 / Section 18-60-703

## Text

(a) A person may file the petition in the circuit court of the county in which the land is situated, describing the land and setting forth his or her title thereto and alleging that there is no person in the adverse possession thereof and that the land has been deeded, granted, donated, or subscribed to a railroad under the provisions of the acts mentioned in § 18-60-701 , or is claimed to have been so deeded, granted, donated, or subscribed, and praying that title thereto may be confirmed and quieted as against the railroad, its successors and assigns, and as against any persons deeding, granting, donating, or subscribing the land, or claimed to have deeded, granted, donated, or subscribed the land, or their heirs and assigns, and all others claiming by, through, or under them, or either of them. (b) Any number of tracts may be embraced in the same petition when they all lie in the same county. (c) The petition shall be verified, and there shall be endorsed thereon a certificate of the attorney filing the petition to the effect that he or she has examined the title of the petitioner as set forth in the petition and that in his or her opinion the petition is well founded in law and true in fact. When so verified and certified, the petition shall be taken as prima facie true, and the petitioner shall be entitled to a decree thereon. Acts 1911, No. 267, §§ 2, 4; C. & M. Dig., §§ 8375, 8377; Pope's Dig., §§ 10971, 10973; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 34-1914, 34-1916.

(a) A person may file the petition in the circuit court of the county in which the land is situated, describing the land and setting forth his or her title thereto and alleging that there is no person in the adverse possession thereof and that the land has been deeded, granted, donated, or subscribed to a railroad under the provisions of the acts mentioned in § 18-60-701 , or is claimed to have been so deeded, granted, donated, or subscribed, and praying that title thereto may be confirmed and quieted as against the railroad, its successors and assigns, and as against any persons deeding, granting, donating, or subscribing the land, or claimed to have deeded, granted, donated, or subscribed the land, or their heirs and assigns, and all others claiming by, through, or under them, or either of them.

(b) Any number of tracts may be embraced in the same petition when they all lie in the same county.

(c) The petition shall be verified, and there shall be endorsed thereon a certificate of the attorney filing the petition to the effect that he or she has examined the title of the petitioner as set forth in the petition and that in his or her opinion the petition is well founded in law and true in fact. When so verified and certified, the petition shall be taken as prima facie true, and the petitioner shall be entitled to a decree thereon.

Acts 1911, No. 267, §§ 2, 4; C. & M. Dig., §§ 8375, 8377; Pope's Dig., §§ 10971, 10973; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 34-1914, 34-1916.

## Nearby sections

- [Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-701 Proceedings against railroads, their successors and assigns](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T18_C60_S7_S18-60-701.md)
- [Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-702 Liberally construed](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T18_C60_S7_S18-60-702.md)
- [Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-703 Petition - Verification and certification](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T18_C60_S7_S18-60-703.md)
- [Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-704 Publication of notice](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T18_C60_S7_S18-60-704.md)
- [Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-705 Proof - Determination](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T18_C60_S7_S18-60-705.md)
- [Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-706 Recording of decree](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T18_C60_S7_S18-60-706.md)
- [Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-707 Effect of decree](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T18_C60_S7_S18-60-707.md)
- [Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-708 Costs](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T18_C60_S7_S18-60-708.md)

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