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Senate panel approves bill lowering heir-property threshold to sell timber from 80% to 60%
Summary
Senate Bill 282, amended to add Representative Bragg as a cosponsor, would reduce the percentage of localized ownership required to sell timber on heir property from 80% to 60%. Sponsor Senator Trent Garner said the change addresses difficulties locating distant heirs; proceeds are placed in the county courthouse for three years and, if unclaimed, revert to county general revenue. The committee passed the bill as amended by voice vote.
The Arkansas Senate Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development Committee approved Senate Bill 282 as amended to lower the ownership threshold required to sell timber when heirs or co-owners cannot be located.
Senator Trent Garner (District 27) presented the bill and the amendment to add Representative Bragg as a cosponsor. Garner told the committee that heir-property situations—where multiple descendants hold small undivided interests and some heirs cannot be located—make it effectively impossible to obtain the…
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