AR HB1274

Title insurance agents, insurers, and title companies are authorized to pay real property taxes when facilitating real estate transactions and issuing titles

County collectors must accept real estate tax payments during property transfers if the seller has paid all delinquent personal property taxes

County collectors who receive written or electronic requests from closing facilitators must respond within 3 business days with a statement of all real estate taxes owed and any related delinquent personal property taxes

If a county collector fails to respond within the 3-day deadline, they must accept real estate tax payments without requiring payment of related personal property taxes

County collectors who knowingly accept real estate tax payments without collecting due personal property taxes face fines of $25 to $100, except under the new exemptions created by this act