Arkansas Code
Subchapter 8 - Adoption Records
§ 9-9-801. Definitions

As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Adoption file” means a file maintained by the Department of Health that contains an original birth certificate and adoption decree of an adoptee;
(2) “Genetic and social history” has the same meaning as provided under § 9-9-501; and
(3) “Requester” means a person twenty-one (21) years of age or older who requests an adoption file under § 9-9-803 and is:
(A) The adoptee to whom the adoption file requested pertains; or
(B) The child, surviving spouse, or guardian of any child of a deceased adoptee to whom the adoption file requested pertains.