§ 15-32-304 - Verification of complaint -- Issuance and service of summons.
15-32-304. Verification of complaint -- Issuance and service of summons.
(a) The complaint required by 15-32-303 shall be sworn to by the county timber inspector or any credible witness.
(b) (1) On the filing of the complaint, the clerk of the court in case the complaint is filed in a court of record or the justice of the peace in case the complaint is filed with a justice of the peace shall issue a summons against the persons so named in the complaint as defendants commanding them to appear as in other actions at law before the court or justice and show cause why the property mentioned in the complaint shall not be adjudged to be the property of the State of Arkansas.
(2) The summons shall be served in the same manner as a summons in any other cause, and the trial of the cause shall proceed in all respects as the trial of other civil actions.