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Ark. Code Ann. § 20-17-1111: Assessment - Order - Lien

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  1. AR Code
  2. Title 20
  3. Chapter 17
  4. Subchapter 11

(a) The board of commissioners of the district shall at the time that the annual benefit assessment is equalized or at any time thereafter enter upon its records an order, which shall have all the force of a judgment, provided that there shall be assessed upon the real property of the district and collected annually the annual benefit assessment set opposite each tract of land described. The annual benefit is to be paid by the owner of the real property in the district, payable as provided in the order. (b) (1) The uncollected annual benefit assessment as extended shall be a lien upon the real property in the district against which it is extended from the time the same is levied, shall be entitled to preference over all demands, executions, encumbrances, or liens whensoever created, and shall continue until the assessment with any penalty and costs that may accrue thereon shall have been paid. (2) Notice of the amount due shall be given to each landowner, if he or she fails to pay his or her assessment on or before the third Monday in April by mail at his or her last known address. (3) (A) The remedy against the annual benefit assessment shall be by suit in equity, and the suit shall be brought within thirty (30) days from the time that the notice is mailed. (B) On the appeal, the presumption shall be in favor of the legality of the annual benefit assessment. Acts 1957, No. 318, § 7; A.S.A. 1947, § 20-1307.

(a) The board of commissioners of the district shall at the time that the annual benefit assessment is equalized or at any time thereafter enter upon its records an order, which shall have all the force of a judgment, provided that there shall be assessed upon the real property of the district and collected annually the annual benefit assessment set opposite each tract of land described. The annual benefit is to be paid by the owner of the real property in the district, payable as provided in the order.

(b) (1) The uncollected annual benefit assessment as extended shall be a lien upon the real property in the district against which it is extended from the time the same is levied, shall be entitled to preference over all demands, executions, encumbrances, or liens whensoever created, and shall continue until the assessment with any penalty and costs that may accrue thereon shall have been paid. (2) Notice of the amount due shall be given to each landowner, if he or she fails to pay his or her assessment on or before the third Monday in April by mail at his or her last known address. (3) (A) The remedy against the annual benefit assessment shall be by suit in equity, and the suit shall be brought within thirty (30) days from the time that the notice is mailed. (B) On the appeal, the presumption shall be in favor of the legality of the annual benefit assessment.

(1) The uncollected annual benefit assessment as extended shall be a lien upon the real property in the district against which it is extended from the time the same is levied, shall be entitled to preference over all demands, executions, encumbrances, or liens whensoever created, and shall continue until the assessment with any penalty and costs that may accrue thereon shall have been paid.

(2) Notice of the amount due shall be given to each landowner, if he or she fails to pay his or her assessment on or before the third Monday in April by mail at his or her last known address.

ntitled to preference over all demands, executions, encumbrances, or liens whensoever created, and shall continue until the assessment with any penalty and costs that may accrue thereon shall have been paid.

(2) Notice of the amount due shall be given to each landowner, if he or she fails to pay his or her assessment on or before the third Monday in April by mail at his or her last known address.

(3) (A) The remedy against the annual benefit assessment shall be by suit in equity, and the suit shall be brought within thirty (30) days from the time that the notice is mailed. (B) On the appeal, the presumption shall be in favor of the legality of the annual benefit assessment.

(A) The remedy against the annual benefit assessment shall be by suit in equity, and the suit shall be brought within thirty (30) days from the time that the notice is mailed.

(B) On the appeal, the presumption shall be in favor of the legality of the annual benefit assessment.

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