Tammy Curtis, Managing Editor
Property owners who plan to file deeds in the state will now be required to present a photo identification.
Act 752 went into effect on Aug. 5 in Arkansas. It affects the way property deeds are recorded in the county clerk’s office. The General Assembly passed the act earlier in the year. It requires a grantor who is named in the deed or the actual individual who signed the deed on behalf of a grantor to be present and show a valid form of government-issued photo identification or driver’s license if they intend to file in person.
Any deeds sent by mail must be accompanied by a valid copy of the grantor’s or the person who signed the deed on behalf of the grantor’s photo identification. Failure to do so will result in the rejection of the deed’s filing.
The requirement, however, does not apply to deeds electronically recorded through the county’s e-recording system, or by those recorded by an attorney, the Commissioner of State Lands, a title insurance company agent or representative, a bank or lending institution representative, or any state, municipality, or political subdivision of the state.
