§ 26-35-605 - Extension of time. - Arkansas Statutes

26-35-605. Extension of time.

(a) The Governor may, by proclamation, extend the time when the penalty shall attach for making distraint, returning delinquent list, advertising and selling delinquent lands, making settlement and paying over the revenue, and for the performance of any other duty by the collectors so that the taxpayer may have the same time to pay the taxes and the collector have the same time to perform the duties of his office as allowed by law in case the failure or vacancy had not occurred.

(b) The Governor shall, in his proclamation, fix the time for the performance of the acts mentioned in this section. A copy shall be filed in the office of the county clerk and recorded in the records of the court by the clerk.

(c) The proclamation shall be published in some newspaper in the county for two (2) weeks if a newspaper is published therein.

(d) All acts and duties performed in the time fixed in the proclamation shall be as valid and binding as if performed in the time fixed by the general law.