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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950134-07-001851
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20070201
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers
FILED AS OF DATE:		20070202
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20070202

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AMERICAN REALTY INVESTORS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001102238
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE OPERATORS (NO DEVELOPERS) & LESSORS [6510]
		IRS NUMBER:				752847135
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NV
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-15663
		FILM NUMBER:		07575021

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1800 VALLEY VIEW LANE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300
		CITY:			DALLAS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75234
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4695224200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1800 VALLEY VIEW LANE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300
		CITY:			DALLAS
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			75234
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM 8-K</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CURRENT REPORT<BR>
Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the<BR>
Securities Exchange Act</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): <U>February&nbsp;1, 2007</u></B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>AMERICAN REALTY INVESTORS, INC.<BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Nevada</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>001-15663</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>75-2847135</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other <BR>
jurisdiction of incorporation)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(Commission<BR>
File No.) I
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>1800 Valley View Lane, Suite&nbsp;300</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Dallas, Texas</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>75234</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code <U><B>469-522-4200</B></u>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the Registrant under any of the following provisions:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT> Written communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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of Principal Officers</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;Effective February&nbsp;1, 2007, American Realty Investors, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) appointed
Reagan K. Vidal, age 46, to the position of Executive Vice President, Managing Director of Capital
Markets. Mr.&nbsp;Vidal has also been appointed to the same position by Income Opportunity Realty
Investors, Inc. (&#147;IOT&#148;) and Transcontinental Realty Investors, Inc. (&#147;TCI&#148;). Prior to his
selection as an officer of the Company, Mr.&nbsp;Vidal was employed (from 1996 to January&nbsp;2007) by
Guaranty Bank, a Texas based financial institution which provides commercial and residential
development financing and mortgage banking credit, where his last position was as Senior Vice
President, California Division Manager establishing and implementing the Bank&#146;s market presence in
southern California beginning in 2001. Prior thereto (from 1993 to 1996) he was Vice President, US
Real Estate Group of Societ&#232; Gen&#232;ral&#232;, a French based multi-national financial institution with US
Real Estate Operations based in Dallas, Texas; for more than five years prior thereto he was Vice
President, Western Region Commercial of Lomas Management, Inc., advisor and manager to Lomas &#038;
Nettleton Mortgage Investors and Lomas Financial Corporation, the two publicly traded real estate
investment trusts. Mr.&nbsp;Vidal is also a licensed Texas real estate broker and the holder of a Texas
insurance license, Property &#038; Casualty and General Lines.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has
duly-caused this Current Report on Form 8-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly-authorized.
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    <TD valign="top" align="left">Dated: February 1, 2007&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left">AMERICAN REALTY INVESTORS, INC.<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Steven A. Abney
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Steven A. Abney, Executive Vice President,&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chief Financial Officer and Acting Principal<BR>
Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
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