All sales of land to the State of Arkansas for the nonpayment of taxes for the year 1908 or prior thereto, which have not been certified to the Commissioner of State Lands and of which there is no record in the office of the Commissioner of State Lands, are canceled and set aside, and the state shall not have or assert any claim, right, or title to the lands, or any part thereof.
Ark. Code § 26-38-102