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An act TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING AN UNLAWFUL 10 DETAINER ACTION, the official text

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1 State of Arkansas                   A Bill
2 95th General Assembly

3 Regular Session, 2025                                           SENATE BILL 644

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5 By: Senator M. McKee

6 By: Representative M. Brown

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8                              For An Act To Be Entitled

9               AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING AN UNLAWFUL

10              DETAINER ACTION; TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE

11              EXECUTION OF A WRIT OF POSSESSION; TO ALLOW FOR THE

12              REMOVAL OF A MANUFACTURED HOME OR MOBILE HOME FROM

13              PROPERTY THAT IS SUBJECT TO A WRIT OF POSSESSION; AND

14              FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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18                       TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING THE

19                       EXECUTION OF A WRIT OF POSSESSION; AND

20                       TO ALLOW FOR THE REMOVAL OF A

21                       MANUFACTURED HOME OR MOBILE HOME FROM

22                       PROPERTY THAT IS SUBJECT TO A WRIT OF

23                       POSSESSION.

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25 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:

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27  SECTION 1. Arkansas Code � 18-60-310(c)(1), concerning the execution

28 of a writ of possession as related to unlawful detainer, is amended to read

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30  (c)(1)(A) If, at the expiration of twenty-four (24) hours from the

31 service of the writ of possession in the manner indicated, the defendants or

32 any or either of them shall be and remain in possession of the property or

33 possession has not been returned to the plaintiff, the sheriff shall notify

34 the plaintiff or his or her attorney of that fact and shall be provided with

35 all labor and assistance required by him or her in removing the possessions

36 and belongings of the defendants from the affected property to a place of

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1 storage in a public warehouse or in some other reasonable safe place of

2 storage under the control of the plaintiff until a final determination by the

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4         (B)(i) If a manufactured home or mobile home owned by one

5 (1) or more of the defendants remains on the property described by the writ

6 of possession at the expiration of twenty-four (24) hours from the service of

7 the writ of possession in the manner indicated, the defendants or any or

8 either of them shall remove or arrange with the plaintiff for the removal of

9 a manufactured home or mobile home from the property described by the writ of

10 possession within thirty (30) days of service of the writ of possession.

11        (ii) The removal of a manufactured home or mobile

12 home under subdivision (c)(1)(B)(i) of this section shall be at the expense

13 of the defendants who own the manufactured home or mobile home.

14        (iii) If a manufactured home or mobile home is not

15 removed in the time period required under subdivision (c)(1)(B)(i) of this

16 section, on motion of the plaintiff, the court shall enter an order deeming

17 the manufactured home or mobile home to be considered abandoned.

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