Haunted addresses on record in Arkansas
What Arkansas requires
Arkansas law says a death, suicide, felony, or reputed haunting at a property is not a "material fact," so sellers and their agents have no legal duty to bring it up on their own. But if you ask directly, an agent who knows the answer has to tell you the truth — silence is legal, a lie generally isn't.
Arkansas has a stigmatized-property statute, Ark. Code Ann. § 17-10-101, which defines a property as "psychologically impacted" if it was, or was ever suspected of being, the site of a homicide, suicide, or felony. The statute says that fact — or even the suspicion of it — is not a material fact that has to be disclosed in a real estate transaction.
The same statute shields real estate licensees and appraisers from liability for failing to inquire about, disclose, or release information about a property's psychological impact. In plain terms: an agent can't be sued just for staying quiet about a past death or tragedy on the property.
Arkansas doesn't have a specific statutory death-disclosure window like California's three-year rule. The state's general guidance (via the Arkansas Real Estate Commission) is that whatever a seller's disclosure form does require is about physical/structural condition, not psychological history.
The ask rule applies here too: the Arkansas Real Estate Commission has advised that while agents don't have to volunteer a psychological-impact history, they shouldn't lie if a buyer asks a direct question they know the answer to — for example, whether a specific tragedy happened at the property.
General information, not legal advice. Laws change and turn on details — for a real decision, talk to a licensed professional in Arkansas.
The Arkansas record is waiting
No entries filed from Arkansas yet. If something happened at an address you know, write it down — you may be the reason the next resident feels less alone at 3 AM.