Ark. Code Ann. § 18-12-501: Acknowledgment and recording

(a) A power of attorney, containing a power to convey real estate as agent or attorney for the owner of the real estate or to execute as agent or attorney for another person a deed or instrument in writing that conveys real estate, or whereby real estate is affected in law or equity, shall be acknowledged or proved and certified and recorded with a deed that the agent or attorney shall make as a result of the power of attorney.

(b) A power of attorney shall be proved or acknowledged before the same courts or officers that are authorized by this act to take probate of deeds conveying real estate.