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The BLM Holds 5 Million Federal Land Records. You Can Search Them Yourself.
The Bureau of Land Management holds images of more than five million federal land title records, and it relaunched its General Land Office search on July 13, 2026. Ownership, survey boundaries and mineral status are documented there for the public land states, Arkansas included, with no account needed - though the collection does not contain every federal title record issued.
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Folks, you can trace a parcel's title back to the original federal patent. Yourself. The Bureau of Land Management holds more than five million federal land title records. On July thirteenth the search was rebuilt. It covers the public land states. Arkansas is one. Ownership, survey boundaries, and mineral status are documented in those records. No account needed. One honest limit: it does not contain every federal title record issued. Check the chain before you pay. Address on screen.
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