Updated October 11, 2026. Quick answer: To be accepted by an Arkansas county recorder, a document must be acknowledged under 16-47-207 or otherwise executed as permitted by 16-47-107 or 18-12-208. Pulaski County charges $15 for the first page and $5 for each additional page of a recorded document.
Arkansas quitclaim deed at a glance
| Item | What the documents say |
|---|---|
| Signing | The Arkansas acknowledgment form for individuals recites that the grantor signed, executed and delivered the instrument, but the Arkansas statute setting the signing rules for a deed was not read. |
| Witnesses | Not found in the documents read |
| Notary or acknowledgment | To be accepted by an Arkansas county recorder, a document must be acknowledged under 16-47-207 or otherwise executed as permitted by 16-47-107 or 18-12-208. |
| Statutory quitclaim form | Not found in the documents read |
| Where to record, and the fee | County recorder (in Pulaski County, the Circuit and County Clerk Real Estate Department). Pulaski County charges $15 for the first page and $5 for each additional page of a recorded document. |
| State transfer tax | The state real property transfer tax is $3.30 per $1,000 of actual consideration on transactions over $100. |
| Gift from a parent to a child | Not found in the documents read |
| Spouse or homestead | A conveyance, mortgage or other instrument affecting the homestead of a married person has no validity, except for taxes, laborers’ and mechanics’ liens and purchase money, unless the spouse joins in the execution of the instrument or conveys by a separate document and acknowledges it. |
| Source | Arkansas General Assembly; Pulaski County Circuit and County Clerk; Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration |
Signing, witnesses and the notary in Arkansas
The Arkansas acknowledgment form for individuals recites that the grantor signed, executed and delivered the instrument, but the Arkansas statute setting the signing rules for a deed was not read.
To be accepted by an Arkansas county recorder, a document must be acknowledged under 16-47-207 or otherwise executed as permitted by 16-47-107 or 18-12-208.
The text itself:
- Act 999 of 2013 (HB1907), Regular Session: “signed, executed and delivered said foregoing”
- Act 999 of 2013 (HB1907), Regular Session: “Be acknowledged in accordance with § 16-47-207 or”
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Recording office: County recorder (in Pulaski County, the Circuit and County Clerk Real Estate Department). Pulaski County charges $15 for the first page and $5 for each additional page of a recorded document.
The text itself:
- Act 999 of 2013 (HB1907), Regular Session: “the duty of each recorder to record in the books”
- Real Estate Department (Pulaski County Circuit and County Clerk): “$15 for the first page and $5 for each additional page”
Transfer tax and a gift to a family member
The state real property transfer tax is $3.30 per $1,000 of actual consideration on transactions over $100.
Between family members: Not found in the documents read.
The text itself:
- Real Property Transfer Tax: “The tax rate is $3.30 per $1,000 of actual consideration”
Spouse and homestead
A conveyance, mortgage or other instrument affecting the homestead of a married person has no validity, except for taxes, laborers’ and mechanics’ liens and purchase money, unless the spouse joins in the execution of the instrument or conveys by a separate document and acknowledges it.
The text itself:
- Act 1164 of 1993 (SB801): “No conveyance, mortgage or other instrument affecting the homestead of”
Other filings the documents mention
Under Act 752 of 2025 a deed presented for recording needs the grantor to appear in person with valid photo identification, unless an exempt professional or government filer presents it.
The text itself:
- Act 752 of 2025 (SB406): “appears in person at the office of the recorder and presents a”
A worked example: a parent deeds the home to an adult child
An illustration, not a return: a parent bought a home for $100,000, and it is worth $300,000 when the parent deeds it to an adult child by quitclaim deed, with no payment. The child later sells it for $350,000. For a gift, federal law says the child’s basis is “the same as it would be in the hands of the donor”, so the basis stays $100,000 and the gain is $250,000 ($350,000 minus $100,000). Had the child received the same home at the parent’s death, when it was worth $300,000, the statute sets the basis at “fair market value of the property at the date of the decedent’s”, so the gain would be $50,000 ($350,000 minus $300,000). Federal gift tax filing rules are outside this page and outside the documents read.
Read the Arkansas transfer-tax rule above for the state side of the same transfer. See CMG’s quitclaim vs warranty deed for a family transfer page for the choice of deed.
What the documents do not say
- Whether Arkansas requires witnesses on a deed: not found in the documents read, and that is not a statement that none are needed.
- Whether Arkansas has a statutory quitclaim form: not found in the documents read.
- The recording fee shown is one county’s published figure; other Arkansas counties publish their own.
- Whether a gift from a parent to a child is exempt from the transfer tax: not found in the documents read.
- The Code text was not readable, so the acknowledgment rule is read from the 2013 session law that amended it and could have changed since.
- County or city transfer taxes and local recording surcharges were not read unless named above.
Common mistakes
- Treating the one-county recording fee above as the fee in every Arkansas county.
- Assuming the answer for one state applies to another, or that signing a deed ends the paperwork before recording.
Related: quitclaim vs warranty deed for a family transfer, Arkansas transfer on death deed, Arkansas probate cost, and whether Arkansas has an estate tax.
Sources
- Act 999 of 2013 (HB1907), Regular Session: https://arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2013%2FPublic%2F&file=999.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2013%2F2013R
- Real Estate Department (Pulaski County Circuit and County Clerk): https://pulaskiclerkar.gov/departments/real-estate/
- Real Property Transfer Tax: https://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/office/taxes/excise-tax-administration/miscellaneous-tax/arkansas-miscellaneous-tax-laws/real-property-transfer/
- Act 1164 of 1993 (SB801): https://arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F1993%2FPublic%2F1164.pdf
- Act 752 of 2025 (SB406): https://arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FACT752.pdf
- 26 U.S.C. 1015, Basis of property acquired by gifts and transfers in trust (U.S. Code, GovInfo): https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2023-title26/html/USCODE-2023-title26-subtitleA-chap1-subchapO-partII-sec1015.htm
- 26 U.S.C. 1014, Basis of property acquired from a decedent (U.S. Code, GovInfo): https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2023-title26/html/USCODE-2023-title26-subtitleA-chap1-subchapO-partII-sec1014.htm
Sources: the primary documents linked above, read on October 11, 2026. General information, not tax advice. Your own facts decide the outcome, and a tax professional or the state agency itself is the right place to confirm anything consequential.