Arkansas Accessory dwellings (Act 313 of 2025): what it allows on a lot
Accessory dwellings (Act 313 of 2025) is Arkansas law, and the official source is at arkleg.state.ar.us.
In force August 5, 2025. Cities and towns must allow at least one accessory dwelling by right, with no hearing or special permit, on a residential lot with a single family home, and had until January 1, 2026 to change their codes. Read from city and news reports, not the act text.
Whether it applies to one lot turns on where the lot is and what it is zoned; the city, county or state office named in the law decides. Mapped areas are approximate. This is a plain reading of public law with its source, not legal advice.
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