Ark. Code Ann. § 16-119-104: Restoration of destroyed judgments - Procedural conditions

No reinstating order, sentence, or decree shall be rendered by the court, unless:

(1) The petition is verified by affidavit and has been filed in the office of the clerk of the court thirty (30) days previous to the term of the court at which the application is intended to be made; and

(2) Due notice of the intended application, setting forth, in a brief manner, the object and intent of the application, is given to the adverse party or parties, either by personal service, by delivering a copy of the notice in writing at least thirty (30) days before the first day of the term of court at which the intended application is to be made, or by publication in some newspaper published in the county for two (2) consecutive weeks, the last publication to be at least six (6) weeks before the first day of the term of the court at which the intended application is to be made. However, if there is no newspaper printed in the county, then the publication shall be made in some newspaper printed in Little Rock, Arkansas.