Arkansas · Official sources · Reviewed August 14, 2026

Find the official Arkansas property record before asking to hunt.

Arkansas publishes a statewide county-assessor parcel layer that can be opened in the ArcGIS Map Viewer and queried by parcel attributes.

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A parcel, tax, or deed record is not permission to enter the land or proof that one named person controls every hunting right.

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The Arkansas path

Use the record for orientation—not authorization.

Open the layer in Map Viewer, identify the county and parcel ID, check its CAMA and publication dates, then confirm the lead with that county before requesting permission.

What you can verify

Map lookupAddress searchOwner-name searchParcel-ID search

Administration: Mixed state and local
Record authority: County assessors maintain the production CAMA records; the Arkansas GIS Office integrates publication snapshots without becoming the title authority.
Owner-name access: Owner-name availability varies by county, municipality, or portal.
Freshness: The state schedules published updates semiannually and may update counties during the year. CAMADate and PubDate show the age of each county contribution.

What still needs checking

Coverage can be partial, records and geometry can be unmatched, and the state expressly describes parcel lines as approximate and unsuitable for boundary determination. Names are assessment leads, not proof of title, hunting authority, access, or permission.

Official-use restriction: Use any displayed owner name only to make a limited permission inquiry; do not copy, republish, or bulk-harvest parcel-owner data.

A current owner, co-owner, tenant, property manager, trust representative, or hunting-rights lessee may be the relevant decision-maker. Ask directly and do not treat silence, a map label, or a prior invitation as approval.

Official Arkansas sources

Open the government record—not a scraped owner list.

Capabilities and restrictions below were verified only to the scope stated by each source.

01 · parcel map

Open the statewide parcel layer in Map Viewer

Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and Arkansas GIS Office

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02 · accuracy

Parcel coverage, dates, and accuracy metadata

Arkansas GIS Office

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From record to respectful request

Do not turn public records into mass outreach.

Research one relevant property, use a lawful and respectful channel, explain the narrow hunt you want to discuss, and make “no” easy.

1. Recheck the property and county

Confirm that the record belongs to the parcel you meant to research and reopen the live source near the time of contact. Do not navigate by generalized tax-map lines in the field.

2. Ask who controls hunting access

A name or tax-mailing record can begin the inquiry; it cannot settle co-ownership, occupancy, management, an existing lease, or a separate transfer of hunting rights.

3. Define the exact request

Name the hunters, species, lawful method, dates, scouting, equipment, parking, entry, boundaries, guests, and retrieval plan. Do not enter first and ask later.

4. Use the official written record

Requirements vary. Open the Arkansas written-permission requirements, then confirm every current state, local, and property-specific rule and form.

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