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…