3 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Washington County, Arkansas.
Verified from official government sources
Rent control is illegal across Arkansas. Ark. Code §14-16-601 bars Washington County, and every Arkansas county and city, from any ordinance controlling private rent. Landlords near Fayetteville and Springdale set and raise rent at market, limited only by the lease.
Ark. Code §14-16-601
A local governmental unit shall not enact, maintain, or enforce an ordinance or resolution that would have the effect of controlling the amount of rent charged for leasing private residential or commercial property.
Arkansas requires no just cause to evict, and Washington County cannot add one. It is the only state with a criminal eviction remedy: under Ark. Code §18-16-101 a tenant who won't leave after ten days' notice commits a misdemeanor. Civil eviction runs through unlawful detainer.
Ark. Code §18-16-101
If, after ten (10) days' notice in writing shall have been given by the landlord or the landlord's agent or attorney to the tenant to vacate the dwelling house or other building or land, the tenant shall willfully refuse to vacate and surrender the possession of the premises to the landlord or the landlord's agent or attorney, the tenant shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Unincorporated Washington County runs no rental registration or landlord licensing. There is no county rental permit, mandatory inspection, or per-unit fee. A landlord owes the county no filing to rent out a home, though state landlord-tenant duties still apply.
1 cities in Washington County have their own rental property rules rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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