Arkansas § 14-123-413 - Notice of pending suit generally.

§ 14-123-413. Notice of pending suit generally.

Notice of the pendency of the suit shall be given as against nonresidents of the county and unknown owners, respectively, when the suits may be pending, by publication weekly for four (4) weeks prior to the day of the term of court on which final judgment may be entered for the sale of the land, in some newspaper published in the county, where the suit may be pending, which public notice may be in the following form: Where the owners are unknown, that fact shall be so stated in the published notice. As against any defendant who resides in the county where the suit may be brought and who appears by the lists of land made by the assessors and filed in the county clerk's office to be the owner of any of the land proceeded against, notice of the pending suit shall be given by the service of personal summons of the court at least twenty (20) days before the day on which the defendant is required to answer as set out in the summons. “NOTICE Levee District vs. Delinquent Lands The following named persons and corporations and all others having or claiming an interest in the following described lands, are hereby notified that suit is pending in the Chancery Court of County, Arkansas, to enforce the collection of certain levee assessments on the subjoined list of lands, each supposed owner's lands being set opposite his or her or its name, respectively, together with the amount severally due from each, to wit: (Then shall follow a list of supposed owners, with descriptive list of said lands and amounts due thereon, respectively, as aforesaid). Said public notice may be concluded in the following form: Said persons and corporations and all others interested in said lands are hereby notified that they are required by law to appear and make defense to said suit, or the same will be taken for confessed, and final judgment will be entered directing the sale of said lands for the purpose of collecting said levee assessments, together with the payment of interest, penalty, and costs allowed by law. Clerk of said Court.” Click to view form.