Arkansas condominium compliance, with the statute behind every deadline
A self-managed Arkansas condominium answers to the Horizontal Property Act, Ark. Code Ann. § 18-13-101 et seq. — a genuinely thin, 1961-era law. Arkansas has no separate homeowners'-association statute, so a non-condominium Arkansas community runs on its own recorded covenants plus the Arkansas Nonprofit Corporation Act, if it incorporates. GnomeOwner's compliance calendar tracks the real, ongoing duties the Act actually contains — conforming bylaws, real financial records with announced examination hours, and a genuine supermajority bar before changing how the condominium is administered — and shows the exact statute sentence behind each one.
One honest caveat: the source this calendar is built from is marked current as of March 2024, which predates Act 516 of 2025 — a law that amended the Act's declarant and master-deed formation provisions. That amendment appears confined to formation-time rules rather than the ongoing board duties this page tracks, but it hasn't been independently confirmed, so GnomeOwner names the gap rather than guessing past it.
Arkansas requires real, announced examination hours for financial records — but sets no meeting rule at all
The Horizontal Property Act requires whoever administers your condominium to keep a chronological book of receipts and expenditures and make it — and its supporting vouchers — available for co-owners to examine at convenient hours on working days that are set and announced for general knowledge. That's a real, specific duty: hours have to actually be set and made known, not just records that exist somewhere. But the same chapter sets no annual-meeting requirement, no meeting notice period, and no statutory quorum figure for either the co-owners or the board — meeting practice is left entirely to your own bylaws, which the Act does require to address it.
“Both the book and the vouchers accrediting the entries made thereupon shall be available for examination by all the co-owners at convenient hours on working days that shall be set and announced for general knowledge.”
A few of the duties GnomeOwner tracks for Arkansas condominium associations governed by the Horizontal Property Act, Ark. Code Ann. § 18-13-101 et seq.
Every deadline here shows you the exact sentence of the statute it comes from, so you — or your attorney — can check it in seconds.
Keep bylaws in place covering every topic Arkansas law requires
Keep the bylaws addressing: whether administration is in the hands of an administrator, a board of administration, or another form, along with that person's or body's powers, how they can be removed, and any compensation; how co-owners are called together to meet, that a majority of at least 51% is needed to adopt decisions, who presides over meetings, and who keeps the minute book; care, upkeep, and oversight of the building and its common areas and services; how co-owners' shares of the common expenses get collected; and hiring and dismissing any personnel the building's upkeep and common services need.
“The bylaws must necessarily provide for at least the following: (1) Form of administration, indicating whether this shall be in charge of an administrator or of a board of administration, or otherwise, and specifying the powers, manner of removal, and, where proper, the compensation thereof;”
Get two-thirds owner approval before modifying the system of administration, then record it
Before modifying the system of administration (the bylaws), get approval from the co-owners representing two-thirds (2/3) of the building's total value — or, if there's a single owner, that owner may modify it alone — while making sure every topic § 18-13-108 requires stays embodied in the bylaws either way. The modification isn't operative until it's recorded, in the same office and manner as the original master deed and bylaws.
“The sole owner of the building or, if there is more than one (1), the co-owners representing two-thirds ( 2/3 ) of the total value of the building may, at any time, modify the system of administration, but each one of the particulars set forth in § 18-13-108 shall always be embodied in the bylaws. (b) No such modification may be operative until it is embodied in a recorded instrument, which shall be recorded in the same office and in the same manner as was the master deed and original bylaws of the horizontal property regime involved.”
Keep a chronological book of receipts and expenditures and let co-owners examine it
Keep a detailed, chronological book of the receipts and expenditures affecting the building and its administration, itemizing maintenance and repair expenses and any other expenses incurred, and make the book and its supporting vouchers available for co-owners to examine at convenient hours on working days that are set and announced for general knowledge.
“The administrator, the board of administration, or other form of administration specified in the bylaws shall keep a book with a detailed account, in chronological order, of the receipts and expenditures affecting the building and its administration and specifying the maintenance and repair expenses of the common elements and any other expenses incurred. (b) Both the book and the vouchers accrediting the entries made thereupon shall be available for examination by all the co-owners at convenient hours on working days that shall be set and announced for general knowledge.”
Insure the building if the co-owners vote to
The co-owners may, by majority resolution, insure the building against risk; if they do, that coverage protects the building itself, and each co-owner separately keeps the right to insure their own apartment for their own benefit.
“The co-owners may, upon resolution of a majority, insure the building against risk, without prejudice to the right of each co-owner to insure his or her apartment on his or her own account and for his or her own benefit.”
Every item above is drafted from Arkansas’s statute text and shown beside the exact sentence it comes from — check any claim against the law’s own words. This page hasn’t had a full attorney review. Confirm anything you plan to act on with your own attorney or CPA; law as reflected here is current as of 2026-08-22.
This calendar's base text (a FindLaw mirror) is marked current as of March 28, 2024 by the publisher itself — a real gap given Act 516 of 2025 (SB323, effective September 1, 2025) amended the Horizontal Property Act's declarant and master-deed provisions. Act 516's own enacted text wasn't independently read for this calendar; the amendment appears confined to formation-time rules the items on this page don't depend on, but that hasn't been confirmed. Confirm current law, and your declaration's own recording date relative to September 1, 2025, with your attorney before relying on any exact figure or deadline.
Arkansas questions we hear a lot
Does Arkansas require a condo association to hold an annual meeting?
No. Arkansas's Horizontal Property Act sets no open-meeting requirement, no annual-meeting mandate, no statutory notice period, and no statutory quorum figure for either the co-owners or the administrator/board of administration — the whole subject is delegated to your own bylaws, which the Act does require to cover how co-owners are called together and that a majority of at least 51% is needed to adopt decisions.
Does Arkansas require condo association insurance?
No. Ark. Code Ann. § 18-13-117 makes insuring the building a power the co-owners may exercise by majority resolution, never a duty that falls on anyone automatically — Arkansas's Act sets no coverage percentage, no actual-cash-value standard, and no liability or fidelity insurance requirement of any kind.
How much owner approval does Arkansas require to change how a condo is administered?
Two-thirds. Before modifying the system of administration — the bylaws — Ark. Code Ann. § 18-13-109 requires approval from co-owners representing two-thirds of the building's total value (or, for a single owner, that owner alone). The modification also doesn't take effect until it's recorded in the same office and manner as the original master deed and bylaws.
Is Arkansas's condo law current, or has it changed recently?
There's a real, named gap: the source this calendar is built from is marked current as of March 2024, which predates Act 516 of 2025 (effective September 1, 2025) — a law that amended the Horizontal Property Act's declarant and master-deed formation provisions. That amendment's own text wasn't independently read for this calendar. It appears to affect formation-time rules rather than an already-established association's ongoing duties, but confirm with your attorney, especially if your condominium's declaration was recorded on or after September 1, 2025.
Is GnomeOwner's Arkansas compliance calendar reviewed by a lawyer?
Every deadline on this page is shown beside the exact sentence of the statute it comes from — so you can check each claim against the law's own words, right here on the page. What this page hasn't had yet is a full attorney review. It's legal information, not legal advice: confirm anything you plan to act on with your own attorney.
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