Arkansas Landlord Compliance Kit: Deposit, Notice and Eviction Checklists with an Excel Tracker

Who it is for

Landlords and property managers with rentals in Arkansas, and tenants who want the same record, from move-in through move-out or a court case.

Not the right fit if

Your rental is outside Arkansas: get that state's kit. Not legal advice, not a lawyer's review of a lease, notice or court case, and not a set of legal notice forms; city and county rules aren't covered.

Why it is different

• Built only from our Arkansas data files, checked November 2026 against 3 official pages, among them Arkansas Attorney General: Landlord and Tenant Rights; Arkansas Judiciary: Circuit Court Judges' Benchbook, Civil and Criminal (2022), Forcible Entry and Detainer; Arkansas Attorney General: Guide to Small Claims Court.
• 12 items the official pages didn't state are marked "not confirmed" with the page to check, never guessed.
• The workbook recalculates with zero formula errors and works out Arkansas notice and deposit dates for you.

What is inside

• Start here. How to use the kit, the 11 confirmed Arkansas rules at a glance and the 12 items to confirm: interest on the deposit, where the deposit is held, penalty the law states, entry notice, late fee limits, filing fee, hearing after filing, judgment to writ and more, each with the official page to check.
• Arkansas landlord rules checklist. Deposits, notice periods, the eviction case and the small claims limit, each confirmed rule with its source link and check date. What it confirms: deposit limit: No more than two months' rent; return deadline: The deposit is returned, with a written itemized list of charges withheld, within 60 days of the time the tenant vacates; itemized list of deductions: A written, itemized list of the charges withheld; ending month-to-month (landlord): Oral lease: one rental period's notice, for any reason; ending month-to-month (tenant): Oral lease: one rental period's notice; rent increase notice: At least one rental period's notice before raising rent, for oral and written leases; unpaid rent notice: Three days' written notice to vacate before an unlawful detainer case; court: The complaint is filed with the circuit clerk in the county where the property is.
• Move-in and move-out deposit checklist. A room-by-room condition checklist for both visits and the steps after move-out, with Arkansas's return deadline (within 60 days).
• Notice calendar. When each notice must go out: the lead time for every notice the state's text confirms, with a 2027 month-by-month serve-by table worked out with our notice date calculator's rules.
• Eviction timeline sheet. The Arkansas case in order from notice to lockout, with each confirmed stage, an example dated from a sample filing day where the rules give periods, and blanks for your own case dates.
• Arkansas landlord workbook (Excel). A tenant notice log that dates each notice from the Arkansas rules, a deposit tracker that works out the return date for each move-out, and a rent ledger with a running balance.