Opinion No.

Honorable Gene Raff Prosecuting Attorney 417 Rightor Street Helena, Arkansas 72342

Dear Mr. Raff:

This is in response to your request for an opinion regarding the application of Ark. Stat. Ann. 30-417 (Repl. 1979). You have asked, specifically, whether the notice and publication provisions of this statute apply to foreclosure proceedings.

It appears that the answer to your question is no. Several Arkansas Supreme Court rulings point to this conclusion. The case of Farnsworth v. Hoover, 66 Ark. 327, 50 S.W. 865 (1899), involved a suit to foreclose a mortgage and a subsequent commissioner's sale…