HB1562

House Bill 1562 proposes an amendment to Arkansas Code § 18-16-105 regarding the termination of oral farmland leases. Currently, the statute requires landowners to provide notice of non-renewal via certified mail on or before June 30. The bill expands the acceptable methods of service for this notice to include any method permitted under Rule 4 of the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure. The fundamental requirement to provide notice by June 30 remains unchanged. The primary purpose of the legislation is to modernize and provide more flexibility in the legal procedures used to notify a tenant that an oral farmland lease will not be renewed.