(a) If a person who is deaf is arrested for a criminal offense and taken into custody, the arresting law enforcement officer and his or her superiors shall procure a qualified interpreter in order to properly interrogate the deaf person and to interpret the person's statement.
(b) If a qualified interpreter is not present when a deaf person makes a statement while in custody for an arrest, the statement is not admissible in court.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts
Subtitle 6 - Criminal Procedure Generally
Chapter 81 - Citation and Arrest
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 16-81-102. Persons not subject to arrest
§ 16-81-103. Power of judge or magistrate to summon, examine, and issue warrant for arrest
§ 16-81-104. Warrant of arrest generally
§ 16-81-105. Execution of summons and service of process
§ 16-81-106. Authority to arrest — Definition
§ 16-81-107. Procedures of arrest
§ 16-81-108. Arrest on certain private property permitted
§ 16-81-110. Return on the warrant
§ 16-81-112. Escape of prisoner
§ 16-81-113. Warrantless arrest for domestic abuse — Definitions
§ 16-81-114. Warrantless arrest for gas theft
§ 16-81-115. Certified law enforcement officers from adjoining states
§ 16-81-117. Interpreters for deaf persons who are arrested
§ 16-81-118. Citation and arrest by a school resource officer — Definition