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Ark. Code Ann. § 4-31-204: Actions - Service of process - Venue

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  1. AR Code
  2. Title 4
  3. Chapter 31
  4. Subchapter 2

(a) (1) Any bank, trust company, foreign mutual savings bank, pension fund, foreign mutual savings fund society, mutual banking association, foreign insurance company, or any other type of organization defined in this subchapter and investing funds in Arkansas may sue or be sued within this state in relation to such mortgages or deeds of trust on real properties, securities, or debts, and service of process may be performed by service upon any custodian or agent appointed within the state. (2) If no custodian or agent has been appointed, the bank, trust company, foreign mutual savings bank, pension fund, foreign mutual savings fund society, mutual banking association, foreign insurance company, or other type of organization may be served with process under § 4-20-113 . (b) The venue of an action under subsection (a) of this section is: (1) In the county of the residence of a plaintiff; or (2) If a subject of the action is land, in the county in which any part of the land is located. Acts 1989, No. 947, § 4; 2009, No. 814, § 3.

(a) (1) Any bank, trust company, foreign mutual savings bank, pension fund, foreign mutual savings fund society, mutual banking association, foreign insurance company, or any other type of organization defined in this subchapter and investing funds in Arkansas may sue or be sued within this state in relation to such mortgages or deeds of trust on real properties, securities, or debts, and service of process may be performed by service upon any custodian or agent appointed within the state. (2) If no custodian or agent has been appointed, the bank, trust company, foreign mutual savings bank, pension fund, foreign mutual savings fund society, mutual banking association, foreign insurance company, or other type of organization may be served with process under § 4-20-113 .

(1) Any bank, trust company, foreign mutual savings bank, pension fund, foreign mutual savings fund society, mutual banking association, foreign insurance company, or any other type of organization defined in this subchapter and investing funds in Arkansas may sue or be sued within this state in relation to such mortgages or deeds of trust on real properties, securities, or debts, and service of process may be performed by service upon any custodian or agent appointed within the state.

(2) If no custodian or agent has been appointed, the bank, trust company, foreign mutual savings bank, pension fund, foreign mutual savings fund society, mutual banking association, foreign insurance company, or other type of organization may be served with process under § 4-20-113 .

(b) The venue of an action under subsection (a) of this section is: (1) In the county of the residence of a plaintiff; or (2) If a subject of the action is land, in the county in which any part of the land is located.

(1) In the county of the residence of a plaintiff; or

(2) If a subject of the action is land, in the county in which any part of the land is located.

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