Arkansas Subletting & assignment

Can a tenant sublet an apartment in Arkansas?

A full-text search of official Ark. Code Ann. ch. 18-17 (the Arkansas Residential Landlord-Tenant Act of 2007) found no provision on a tenant's right to sublet or assign a residential lease, or on landlord consent to a sublet or assignment. That is a scoped none_found finding for chapter 18-17, not a finding that there is no restriction. The lease terms control unless another law, including a local ordinance, applies. That none_found finding is scoped to chapter 18-17 only. Chapter 18-16 was only partly searched: sampled sections plus official 2025 Regular Session Acts 941, 662, and 393 (which amended listed 18-16 sections: Act 941, oral farmland-lease termination; Act 662, adding capital rape to a domestic-abuse definition in § 18-16-112; and Act 393, self-service storage facilities). Those official act PDFs do not add a residential subletting or assignment-consent rule. The official 2026 Fiscal Session list of Title 18 amendments was empty.

Verified Source: Ark. Code Ann. ch. 18-17 (Arkansas Residential Landlord-Tenant Act of 2007) (full-text search) · last checked 2026-11-12