Bolthole Index county-legal census · checked 2026-10-04
1 of Arkansas's 75 counties — 1% — allow living in an RV on private land. That is the 23rd-largest count of any state. The strongest of them on the Bolthole Index is Garland County (62/100). Every entry below cites the county’s own official source.
Rules change, and cities inside these counties set their own — treat this as a verified starting point, not legal advice. All 456 counties nationwide → Arkansas: no building codes → Arkansas: no zoning → Arkansas: no codes, no zoning → Arkansas: owner-builder → Arkansas: tiny homes → Arkansas: no minimum home size → Full Arkansas profile →
From the Arkansas guide
We could not confirm an RV-living answer for 72 Arkansas counties; the 3 counties with an answer include 1 allowed and 2 limited.6 Garland County is listed as allowed for county land-use purposes, while Benton and Pulaski counties have flood-zone restrictions.6 Ask the county planning office and floodplain administrator about your proposed site before relying on that classification.6
Tiny-home living has answers for only 2 counties: Garland County and Benton County are listed as allowed for county land-use purposes; 73 counties remain unanswered.7 Browse the RV-living and tiny-home lists.67
Arkansas's health rules regulate parcels with 3 or more RV, tiny-house-on-wheels or mobile-home spaces where placement or maintenance services are provided for a fee.20 Those park rules do not establish statewide permission for a single tiny house on wheels outside a qualifying park.21
From the Arkansas guide, written from the cited official sources and re-checked by an independent reviewer. This is research, not legal advice: confirm with the office before you buy or build.
1 of 75 Arkansas counties · sorted by Index score
Unincorporated Garland County: no county rule sets this, because Garland County's own reviewed answer confirms it has no county-wide zoning ordinance. Septic, floodplain, subdiv…
Information on Planning, Zoning, Development, Doing Business and Permitting in Garland County ↗Every county here has a full profile — water, land prices, hazard safety, seclusion, and the rest of its building rules. See the Arkansas state page for all 75 counties ranked, or go back to the national list.
Off-grid gear
Building on land in one of these Arkansas counties? The kit we'd start with:
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General guidance, not legal advice. Off-grid, building, and land-use rules are often set at the county level and change often. Verify with your county and state before acting. Data reviewed 2026-06-26.
