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Arkansas legal documents and rules

Create documents for Arkansas and check the Arkansas rules behind them. Every rule below links to the statute or official source we checked.

Arkansas rules at a glance

The statewide rules we verified for Arkansas, last checked October 2026. Local ordinances can add to them.

Security deposit limit
2 months' rent
Deposit return deadline
60 days
Interest on deposits
Not required by state law
Notice before landlord entry
No statutory period

Arkansas limits security deposits to two months' rent and requires their return within 60 days after the tenancy ends, but the deposit law does not apply to small landlords owning five or fewer units, and no statute sets a notice period for landlord entry.

Notice for unpaid rent
3 days
Notice for a lease violation
14 days
Ending a month-to-month tenancy
30 days

In Arkansas a landlord may terminate once rent is 5 days late and must serve a 3-day written notice to quit before filing unlawful detainer; other lease breaches require 14 days to remedy, and month-to-month tenancies end on 30 days' notice.

Witnesses
2 witnesses
Self-proving affidavit
Allowed
Handwritten (holographic) wills
Recognized

An Arkansas will needs the testator's signature and two witnesses, witnesses may sign affidavits so they need not testify, and a will entirely handwritten and signed by the testator can be valid without attesting witnesses.

Notarization
Optional, recommended
Witnesses
None
Uniform Power of Attorney Act
Adopted (2011)

Arkansas requires a power of attorney to be signed by the principal (or by someone at the principal's direction in their presence); notarization is not required for validity, but a notarized signature is presumed genuine.

Notary acknowledgment
Required to record
Transfer tax
State tax applies

An Arkansas deed must be acknowledged (or proved) before it can be recorded, the execution statute also refers to two disinterested witnesses, and the state real property transfer tax totals $3.30 per $1,000 of consideration above $100.

General information, not legal advice. Laws change, and cities can add their own rules, so check the current statute before you rely on it.