Arkansas
Arkansas Condo Resale Certificate: Fees, Deadlines, and How to Order
No Arkansas statute requires a resale certificate, but title companies and lenders still ask for one before closing. Associations furnish it under their governing documents.
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Arkansas Resale Certificate
Example Hollow Condominium Association
Regular assessment
$245.00 monthly
Reserve balance
$105,400.00
Master insurance
Certificate on file
Right of first refusal
No
Arkansas at a glance
- What Arkansas calls it
- Resale Certificate
- Fee cap
- No fixed dollar cap
- Delivery deadline
- None set by statute
- Buyer's right to cancel
- No statutory right tied to this document
Also called: HOA resale certificate, condo resale certificate. If you were told to get an Arkansas resale certificate, or an AR resale certificate as closing agents write it, for a home in an HOA or a condominium, this is that document. It has nothing to do with the sales tax resale certificate a retailer files with the state.
What Arkansas law sets
One set of rules covers Arkansas. Havn applies it to every order in the state.
Ark. Code 18-13-116
Horizontal Property Act. Applies to condominiums.
- Required by statute
- No. Furnished under the governing documents.
- Fee
- No fixed dollar cap
- Deadline
- None set
Arkansas condo laws on resale documents, in plain words
Each entry links to the official text. Read the statute itself before relying on a summary.
Ark. Code 18-13 (Horizontal Property Act)
The Horizontal Property Act (Ark. Code Ann. Sections 18-13-101 et seq., substantially updated by Act 516 of 2025) is Arkansas's condominium statute. It governs how a condominium is created by recording a master deed, and covers unit ownership, common elements, bylaws, governance, and each owner's liability for common assessments. Arkansas has no separate statute for planned community or single family lot homeowners associations, and the act itself contains no resale certificate, disclosure statement, or lender questionnaire requirement, so any such document and its fee are set by the association's own governing documents rather than by statute.
Ark. Code 18-13-116 (Liability for Expenses and Assessments)
Ark. Code Ann. Section 18-13-116 addresses what happens to unpaid assessments when a condominium unit is sold: the association's claim to unpaid assessments has priority for payment out of the sale proceeds, and the buyer becomes jointly liable with the seller for assessments owed through the date of conveyance. The section does not itself create a formal resale certificate, payoff statement, or estoppel letter requirement, a fee cap, or a delivery deadline.
The notice Havn prints on every Arkansas resale certificate
Every Arkansas document Havn prepares carries a notice that tells the reader where the document comes from and what Arkansas law says about it. This is the wording, act by act.
Ark. Code 18-13-116Condominiums
No Arkansas statute requires this resale certificate or sets its contents, fee, or deadline. It is furnished under the association's master deed (declaration) and bylaws. Under Ark. Code 18-13-116(c), when a unit is sold, all unpaid assessments owed by the seller are paid first out of the sale price or by the purchaser, in preference over any other assessments or charges of whatever nature, except assessments, liens, and charges for taxes past due and unpaid on the unit and payments due under recorded mortgage instruments of encumbrance (for a regime organized before September 1, 2025 that has not elected into Act 516 of 2025, the wording is "duly recorded"). Under Ark. Code 18-13-116(d), the purchaser is jointly and severally liable with the seller for assessments owed through the date of conveyance, without prejudice to the purchaser's right to recover from the seller any amounts the purchaser pays. These rules apply whether or not this certificate is issued, and the amounts stated here do not limit the purchaser's liability under the statute.
Arkansas resale certificate: common questions
What is an Arkansas resale certificate?
It is the package a Arkansas association puts together when a home in the community is sold: what the home owes, plus the association's budget, insurance, and governing documents. No Arkansas statute prescribes it, so its contents follow the governing documents and what the closing asks for.
How much does an Arkansas resale certificate cost?
Arkansas sets no dollar cap and no statute governs the fee, so the governing documents and the management contract decide it.
How long does an Arkansas association have to provide a resale certificate?
Arkansas sets no statutory deadline. The closing date sets the pace, and a late document delays the closing.
Is a resale certificate required in Arkansas?
No Arkansas statute requires a resale certificate. Buyers, lenders, and title companies still ask for one, and associations furnish it under their governing documents.
Can a buyer cancel after receiving an Arkansas resale certificate?
Arkansas law ties no cancellation right to this document. Any right to cancel comes from the purchase contract or from other disclosure laws.
Who pays for the resale certificate in Arkansas?
Whoever orders it pays the association's fee, usually the seller or the closing agent on the seller's behalf, and the purchase contract can move the cost to the buyer.
What is included in an Arkansas resale certificate?
What the home owes the association, the fees due at closing, the budget and reserves, the insurance the association carries, pending lawsuits, and the governing documents.
How do I get a resale certificate in Arkansas?
Ask the association, or its management company if it has one. Many take the request through an online order page and deliver by email. A buyer should ask the seller or the closing agent to order it.
Is this the same as an Arkansas sales tax resale certificate?
No. A sales tax resale certificate is a form a retailer gives a supplier so it can buy goods without paying sales tax. It shares a name and nothing else. This page is about the condo document used when a home is sold.
How Arkansas compares with its neighbors
Management companies that work across state lines meet a different rule on each side. Arkansas: no fixed dollar cap, none set by statute.
Texas
Resale Certificate
$375
10 days
Required by statute
Louisiana
Resale Certificate
No fixed dollar cap
10 days
Required by statute
Missouri
Resale Certificate
No fixed dollar cap
10 days
Required by statute
Tennessee
Resale Disclosure
No fixed dollar cap
10 business days
Required by statute
See all 51 jurisdictions on the map, compare every state in the fee and deadline table, or read about lender questionnaires, estoppel letters, and demand letters.
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