Ark. Code Ann. § 16-47-203: Officials authorized to take within the United States

The acknowledgment of any instrument may be without the state but within the United States or a territory or insular possession of the United States and within the jurisdiction of the officer, before:

(1) A clerk or deputy clerk of any federal court;

(2) A clerk or deputy clerk of any court of record of any state or other jurisdiction;

(3) A notary public;

(4) A commissioner of deeds;

(5) Any person authorized by the laws of such other jurisdiction to take acknowledgments.