{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-14-303-303","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 14-303-303","heading":"Eminent domain","body":"(a) The power of eminent domain is expressly conferred upon authorities, created pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.\n\n(b) In the event that any lands, or interest therein, determined by an authority to be necessary for any tollway project cannot be acquired by negotiation, the authority involved is empowered to institute condemnation proceedings for the acquisition of the lands, or the interest therein, desired by it.\n\n(c) The condemnation proceedings under the power of eminent domain may be exercised in the manner now provided for taking private property for rights-of-way for railroads as provided by §§ 18-15-1202 - 18-15-1207 , as amended, or in the manner provided by §§ 18-15-301 - 18-15-307 , as amended, or pursuant to any other statutory provisions now in force or hereafter enacted for the exercise of the power of eminent domain by the State of Arkansas, or by any of its officers, agencies, or departments, or by political subdivisions of the State of Arkansas.\n\n(d) Title to, and all interest in, lands acquired by an authority, by purchase or by condemnation, shall be taken in the name of the authority involved.","path":["AR Code","Title 14","Chapter 303","Subchapter 3"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:35:43Z","sha256":"4d78f3c0c345f4c23f59d439149f2e6546991de1be20b9a825769e851bfbf7b0","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-14-303-302","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-14-303-304","notices":[{"id":"open-us-law","title":"Open US Law compilation","text":"Compilation CC BY 4.0, Open US Law (Vaquill AI). GroundRules uses only the releases published under CC BY 4.0: from v2026.09 the compilation is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, and GroundRules does not use those releases. Each affected row names its release in its vintage label. GroundRules parsed and filtered the compilation to retain enacted text.","url":"https://huggingface.co/datasets/vaquill/open-us-law","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"},{"id":"pro-ar","title":"Arkansas Release 78 supplement","text":"Arkansas electronic product files were republished by Public.Resource.Org under a public-domain mark. GroundRules uses enacted text from Release 78 only as a labeled supplement to the newer Open US Law rows.","url":"https://archive.org/details/gov.ar.code"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}