Arkansas Land and Property: Difference between revisions

'''Indian Tribes--'''As the various Indian tribes were removed from the area, their land became the public domain. The land was surveyed and sold by the United States government through land offices, in a process called land-entry. The first general land offices were established in 1818. Records of the land offices are located in the [http://www.cosl.org/ Arkansas State Land Commission Office].    

'''Patents--'''The patent records are located at the [http://www.es.blm.gov/aboutus/phonebook/whereweare.php Bureau of Land Management, Eastern States Office].The Bureau of Land Management has an online index to land patents in Arkansas at [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/ http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/] The patent search may also provide a digital image of the original patent.