- (a) If an owner dies intestate, the Auditor of State shall apply the “Intestate Descent Table” set forth in Arkansas Code § 28-9-214.
(b)
- (1) The Auditor of State’s form affidavit of heirship can be used to establish the heirs of a decedent when there is no probated will or estate.
- (2) The affidavit of heirship can only be used for properties or claims valued at less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
- (3) For intestate heir claims greater than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), a court order establishing the claimant’s ownership rights is required.
- (c) Multiple owner tangible properties or properties valued less than two hundred dollars ($200) may be delivered to first requesting heir within one (1) degree of consanguinity.