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Ark. Code Ann. § 22-6-405: Conflicting claims
Where this section sits in the code
- AR Code
- Title 22
- Chapter 6
- Subchapter 4
(a) When there are conflicting claims to swamp and overflowed lands, the Commissioner of State Lands may administer oaths and shall decide, upon proper notice to the parties and upon hearing testimony and statements under oath, to whom the patent certificate shall be issued in accordance with the law on the subject and shall issue the patent certificate accordingly.
(b) Should the other party whose claim is not allowed desire a certificate for the Auditor of State, upon which to have the amount paid by him or her for the land refunded, the Commissioner of State Lands shall issue the necessary certificate to enable him or her to do so, upon his or her surrendering his or her original certificate to the Commissioner of State Lands.
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