Arkansas enacts law allowing mortgagors to recover attorney’s fees
March 21, 2025
On March 18, the state of Arkansas enacted HB 1238 (the “Act”) to amend the state’s foreclosure law to allow mortgagors to recover attorney’s fees if a foreclosure sale is set aside due to a mortgagee’s failure to comply with foreclosure provisions. The Act specifies that mortgagors cannot recover fees if they reach a mutual resolution of the debt with the mortgagee, file for bankruptcy during foreclosure proceedings, or if the mortgagee acted in good faith under certain conditions, such as relying on a title insurance policy later found erroneous.