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Arkansas 3-Day Notice and Demand
Download an Arkansas residential civil unlawful-detainer packet built around Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-304(3): a three-day notice to quit and written demand for possession. This replaces the legacy 5-day pay-rent-or-vacate framing and keeps the separate 10-day criminal failure-to-vacate path out of the packet. Four editable Word files help you complete the tenant notice, instructions, service/payment record, and #10 envelope companion.
This Arkansas nonpayment packet helps document the civil three-day notice, the five-day Residential Landlord-Tenant Act context before use, proof-friendly delivery, rent-only amount discipline, payment communications, and records a landlord should keep before deciding whether a civil unlawful-detainer filing is the next step.
Built around Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-304(3), with fields for tenant and property details, past-due rent, service/delivery date, three-day deadline, and landlord signature.
All four files are editable Microsoft Word documents. Complete and serve only the tenant notice and demand; keep the instructions and service/payment record for landlord records and proof, and use the #10 envelope for addressing and mailing.
Use the instructions and service record to avoid mixing the civil 3-day demand, the five-day RLTA context, and the separate 10-day criminal failure-to-vacate path; keep proof for any later filing.
This product includes four editable Microsoft Word files: the 3-Day Notice to Quit and Demand for Possession, Arkansas Notice Instructions, Notice Service and Prefiling Record, and #10 Mailing Envelope. Serve the completed tenant notice and demand; keep the other files as landlord guidance and records.
Self-help notice overview
A written Arkansas 3-Day Notice to Quit and Demand for Possession helps document ordinary residential nonpayment under Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-304(3), including the landlord, tenant, premises, rent due, service or delivery date, three-day deadline, and records to keep before any civil unlawful-detainer filing.
Arkansas nonpayment has multiple tracks that should not be blended. This packet is the civil three-day notice to quit and demand for possession, not the separate 10-day criminal failure-to-vacate notice under § 18-16-101. The companion worksheet also prompts landlords to check the five-day Residential Landlord-Tenant Act context, lease grace periods, and local practice before serving.
A notice is not a completed eviction judgment. If the tenant does not surrender possession after proper notice and the full period, a landlord may still need to file and prove a civil unlawful-detainer case before possession can change.
This page highlights the current downloadable Arkansas 3-Day Notice to Quit and Demand for Possession package, including the four editable Word files included with this product. The state-specific guidance below explains the civil § 18-60-304(3) path, five-day RLTA context, 10-day criminal-path exclusion, proof-friendly delivery, rent-only amount discipline, court-stage limits, and no-self-help considerations before checkout.
The complete Arkansas 3-Day Notice package is available immediately after checkout. Use the state-specific guidance below to keep the civil § 18-60-304(3) notice separate from the five-day RLTA context and 10-day criminal failure-to-vacate path, document proof-friendly delivery, and preserve companion records before serving or filing.
Reviewed against the Arkansas statutes and self-help resources linked below.
Primary Arkansas statutes and public self-help sources are linked for self-help research. Confirm the lease, rent ledger, grace period or waiver issues, delivery proof, five-day RLTA context, public/subsidized/federal overlays, SCRA or bankruptcy status, manufactured-home facts, and current county court practice before serving or filing.
Quick answer
Use this Arkansas 3-Day Notice to Quit and Demand for Possession for ordinary residential nonpayment when the landlord is preparing the civil unlawful-detainer path under Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-304(3). It is not the legacy 5-day pay-rent-or-vacate product and not the separate 10-day criminal failure-to-vacate notice under § 18-16-101.
Arkansas has more than one nonpayment track. This packet is built around Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-304(3), which addresses civil unlawful detainer when a tenant fails or refuses to pay rent when due and, after three days’ notice to quit and written demand for possession, refuses to surrender possession.
The legacy page framed the product as a 5-day pay-rent-or-vacate form and cited both § 18-17-901 and § 18-16-101. The current counsel-approved packet is narrower: a civil three-day notice to quit and demand for possession, with the five-day RLTA nonpayment context checked before use and the criminal 10-day failure-to-vacate path excluded.
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No. The current packet is an Arkansas 3-Day Notice to Quit and Demand for Possession for the civil unlawful-detainer path under Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-304(3). The old 5-day page framing has been retired, and the separate 10-day criminal failure-to-vacate path under § 18-16-101 is outside this product.
Use the documented service or delivery date in the service record as Day 0 unless Arkansas counsel or local practice says otherwise, then give the tenant the full three-day period before filing based on this notice. The packet also prompts you to check the rent due date, any lease grace period, and the five-day Residential Landlord-Tenant Act context before serving so you do not serve too early.
Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-304(3) requires written notice to quit and written demand for possession but does not set one detailed pre-suit service ladder. Use a proof-friendly method — such as personal delivery, trackable or certified mailing, lease notice-address delivery, or documented posting only when local practice and counsel support it — and keep proof. Do not confuse pre-suit delivery with court-stage service under § 18-60-307.
State past-due rent cleanly. Keep late fees, utilities, damages, deposits, court costs, attorney fees, service fees, future rent, and other non-rent charges separate unless Arkansas counsel approves including them in this notice.
No. This notice is not a court order, complaint, summons, writ, or sheriff instruction. If the tenant does not surrender possession after the notice period, possession still requires a civil unlawful-detainer court case and lawful execution process.
No. Ark. Code Ann. § 18-16-101 is a separate 10-day criminal failure-to-vacate path. This packet should not be used to threaten criminal charges, and criminal failure-to-vacate matters require Arkansas counsel review.
Complete the notice for every tenant named in the lease or tenancy record, consider serving each adult tenant separately, and keep proof of service or delivery for each tenant.
Generic templates often blur Arkansas’s three civil nonpayment tracks: the civil three-day unlawful-detainer notice and demand for possession, the Residential Landlord-Tenant Act five-day context, and the separate 10-day criminal failure-to-vacate path. This packet keeps those tracks separated and gives you the tenant notice, instructions, service/payment/prefiling record, and envelope companion in one workflow.