Arkansas Code
Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs
Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs

§ 12-8-106. Division of Arkansas State Police — Duties and powers — Restrictions — Municipal police barred from patrolling certain highways - (a) (1) It shall be the duty of the Division...

§ 12-8-107. Arrests and detentions - (a) If any officer of the Division of Arkansas State...

§ 12-8-108. Security of Governor, capitol building, etc - (a) The Division of Arkansas State Police shall be responsible...

§ 12-8-109. Police protection for statewide functions - (a) The Division of Arkansas State Police shall provide police...

§ 12-8-110. Deputizing citizens in emergency - Any Division of Arkansas State Police officer shall have the...

§ 12-8-111. Cooperation among agencies - (a) It shall be the duty of the Division of...

§ 12-8-112. Headquarters — Identification Bureau - (a) The Division of Arkansas State Police shall maintain headquarters...

§ 12-8-113. Drug Abuse Enforcement Unit — Hot line - (a) The Director of the Division of Arkansas State Police...

§ 12-8-114. Legal counsel and advisors - (a) The Attorney General shall be the legal representative and...

§ 12-8-115. Physicians and surgeons - (a) The Director of the Division of Arkansas State Police...

§ 12-8-116. Motor vehicles - (a) (1) All automobiles, motorcycles, or other vehicles of any...

§ 12-8-117. Purchasing evidence - Upon approval by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State,...

§ 12-8-118. Payment of salaries and expenses - The salaries and expenses provided for in this chapter shall...

§ 12-8-119. Police training school - (a) The Director of the Division of Arkansas State Police...

§ 12-8-120. Background investigations - (a) The Division of Arkansas State Police is authorized to...

§ 12-8-121. Use of state uniform, patch, or logo prohibited - (a) It shall be prohibited for any law enforcement agency,...

§ 12-8-125. Small Municipality Law Enforcement Vehicle Grant Program - (a) There is created the “Small Municipality Law Enforcement Vehicle...

Subchapter 2 - Police Officers

§ 12-8-201. Members of police force — Selection - (a) The Director of the Division of Arkansas State Police...

§ 12-8-202. Qualifications of members - (a) (1) (A) All applicants for positions as police officers...

§ 12-8-203. Probationary period - (a) (1) Each person who is selected as a police...

§ 12-8-204. Tenure — Removal, suspension, or discharge - (a) The members of the Division of Arkansas State Police...

§ 12-8-205. Political activities - (a) The members of the Department of Arkansas State Police...

§ 12-8-210. Insurance — Medical and hospital — Definitions - (a) (1) The Division of Arkansas State Police shall obtain...

§ 12-8-212. Death benefits — Definition - (a) (1) (A) When any police officer of the Department...

§ 12-8-213. Equipment and uniforms - (a) Such motorcycles, automobiles, and other vehicles, equipment, and supplies...

§ 12-8-214. Award of pistol and purchase of shotgun upon retirement or death - (a) When a Department of Arkansas State Police officer retires...

§ 12-8-215. Additional salary payments - (a) In the event that sufficient revenues in the judgment...

§ 12-8-216. Salary administration grid - (a) Should additional general revenue funds become available to the...

Subchapter 3 - Division of Arkansas State Police Communications Equipment Leasing Act

§ 12-8-301. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 12-8-302. Legislative findings and determinations - (a) The General Assembly finds: (1) That the existing communications...

§ 12-8-303. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Acquire” means to acquire...

§ 12-8-304. Construction — Applicability of other acts - (a) (1) This subchapter shall be liberally construed to accomplish...

§ 12-8-305. Arkansas State Police Commission — Additional powers - (a) In addition to the powers, purposes, and authorities set...

§ 12-8-306. Submission of contracts and proposals - The Arkansas State Police Commission shall submit any contract, agreement,...

§ 12-8-307. Lease fund — Pledged revenues - (a) (1) The lease payments and other costs relating to...

§ 12-8-308. Lease fund — Payment of costs — Tax exemption - (a) (1) Payments to cover the costs under the lease...

§ 12-8-309. Lease fund — Investments - Nothing in §§ 12-8-307 — 12-8-310 is intended to prohibit...

§ 12-8-310. Lease fund — Expiration of provisions - (a) The provisions of §§ 12-8-307 — 12-8-309 shall expire...

Subchapter 4 - Arkansas Speed Trap Law

§ 12-8-401. Title - This subchapter may be known as and cited as the...

§ 12-8-402. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Abusing police power” means...

§ 12-8-403. Inquiry to determine abuse - (a) (1) Upon the request of the prosecuting attorney of...

§ 12-8-404. Sanctions - (a) (1) Upon the completion of an inquiry, the Director...

§ 12-8-405. Required audit inquiry - An audit of an affected municipality under § 10-4-412 or...

Subchapter 5 - Crimes Against Children Division

§ 12-8-501. Legislative intent - (a) The General Assembly recognizes that: (1) The state has...

§ 12-8-502. Transfer of powers and duties — Sections of unit — Sharing of information - (a) When the powers and duties of the Department of...

§ 12-8-503. Transfer of powers and duties — Executive orders — Contracts - (a) (1) The Governor shall issue an executive order transferring...

§ 12-8-504. Transition plan — Continuous service - (a) If a transfer of child abuse investigations occurs, any...

§ 12-8-505. Child abuse hotline and investigations - The Child Abuse Hotline and child abuse investigations referred to...

§ 12-8-507. Abuse of patients receiving Medicaid - Nothing contained in this subchapter shall limit or impair in...

§ 12-8-508. Provision of information and assistance - Notwithstanding a rule to the contrary, upon request of a...

§ 12-8-509. Additional reporting required - (a) The state agency or entity responsible for administering the...

Subchapter 6 - Division of Arkansas State Police Headquarters Facilities and Equipment Financing Act

§ 12-8-601. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 12-8-602. Legislative findings - The General Assembly finds that: (1) The Division of Arkansas...

§ 12-8-603. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Acquire” means to acquire...

§ 12-8-604. Pledge of revenues - The fees generated under § 27-16-801(a) and § 27-23-118(a)(3) shall...

§ 12-8-605. Arkansas State Police Commission — Powers - The Arkansas State Police Commission may: (1) Acquire, construct, repair,...

§ 12-8-606. Use of pledged revenues - (a) (1) The debt service payments and other costs relating...

§ 12-8-607. Division of Arkansas State Police Financing Fund - (a) There is created the Division of Arkansas State Police...

§ 12-8-608. Sunset - This subchapter shall expire twenty (20) years from March 31,...

Chapter 9 - Law Enforcement Officer Training and Standards

Subchapter 1 - Commission on Standards and Training

§ 12-9-101. Legislative determinations - The General Assembly finds and determines that: (1) The administration...

§ 12-9-102. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Law enforcement agency” means:...

§ 12-9-103. Commission created — Members — Meetings — Director - (a) The members of the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement...

§ 12-9-104. Commission's powers generally - In addition to powers conferred upon the Arkansas Commission on...

§ 12-9-105. Employees - The Division of Law Enforcement Standards and Training may employ...

§ 12-9-106. Selection and training requirements — Exceptions - (a) (1) The Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and...

§ 12-9-107. Training programs - (a) (1) For the purpose of this subchapter, the Division...

§ 12-9-108. Failure to meet qualifications — Effect — Exemptions - (a) (1) Actions taken by law enforcement officers who do...

§ 12-9-109. Legal counsel - The Attorney General shall serve as legal counsel to the...

§ 12-9-110. Training of civilians to file parking violations and traffic accident reports - (a) The Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training...

§ 12-9-111. Uniforms - (a) The Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training...

§ 12-9-112. County sheriff as law enforcement officer - A former county sheriff of a county who has served...

§ 12-9-113. Domestic violence training - (a) (1) In accordance with the certification requirements of the...

§ 12-9-114. Training concerning sexual assaults - (a) (1) The Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and...

§ 12-9-115. Training for constables - After consultation with the Arkansas Constables Association, Inc., the Division...

§ 12-9-116. Persons with disabilities training - (a) (1) In accordance with the certification requirements of the...

§ 12-9-117. Award of pistol upon retirement or death of a certified law enforcement officer employed by the division - (a) When a certified law enforcement officer employed by the...

§ 12-9-118. New or inactive law enforcement agency — Approval by commission required — Definition - (a) As used in this section, “inactive law enforcement agency”...

§ 12-9-119. Behavioral health crisis intervention training - (a) (1) In accordance with the certification requirements of the...

§ 12-9-120. Imposition of administrative penalties - (a) When determining the amount of an administrative penalty assessed...

§ 12-9-121. Additional salary payment - (a) (1) The Division of Law Enforcement Standards and Training...

§ 12-9-122. Controlled substance overdose identification training — Definition - (a) As used in this section, “naloxone” means a drug...

§ 12-9-123. Missing and unidentified persons training - (a) (1) In accordance with the certification requirements of the...

Subchapter 2 - Law Enforcement Training Academy

§ 12-9-201. Establishment - There is established the Arkansas Law Enforcement Training Academy for...

§ 12-9-202. Location of academy - The Arkansas Law Enforcement Training Academy shall be located at...

§ 12-9-203. Acceptance of gifts, grants, etc. — Disposition - (a) The Division of Law Enforcement Standards and Training may...

§ 12-9-204. Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training — Law enforcement powers - (a) The following persons are classified and designated as law...

§ 12-9-206. Expenses furnished by academy — Exceptions - (a) The Arkansas Law Enforcement Training Academy shall furnish, without...

§ 12-9-207. Newly elected or unopposed candidates for county sheriff - (a) A newly elected county sheriff or unopposed candidate for...

§ 12-9-208. State Capitol Police — Training course - All members of the State Capitol Police shall satisfactorily complete...

§ 12-9-209. Reimbursement for training costs - (a) (1) If a county, city, town, or state agency...

§ 12-9-210. Designated law enforcement agencies - The Division of Law Enforcement Standards and Training and the...

§ 12-9-211. Private college or university law enforcement officers - (a) A law enforcement officer for a private college or...

Subchapter 3 - Auxiliary Law Enforcement Officers

§ 12-9-301. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Auxiliary law enforcement officer”...

§ 12-9-302. Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training — Powers and duties - In addition to the powers conferred upon the Arkansas Commission...

§ 12-9-303. Authority of officers - (a) An auxiliary law enforcement officer shall have the authority...

§ 12-9-304. Appointment and training requirements - (a) (1) A person shall not function as an auxiliary...

§ 12-9-305. Failure to meet standards — Actions by private citizens - (a) An auxiliary law enforcement officer who does not meet...

§ 12-9-306. Number restricted - (a) (1) A political subdivision may appoint auxiliary law enforcement...

§ 12-9-307. Benefits - (a) The auxiliary law enforcement officer or the governing political...

§ 12-9-308. Liability of law enforcement agency and political subdivision - The law enforcement agency director, chief, or county sheriff and...

Subchapter 4 - Radar Instructors and Operators

§ 12-9-401. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Full-time law enforcement officer”...

§ 12-9-402. Powers and duties of the commission - In addition to the powers conferred upon the Arkansas Commission...

§ 12-9-403. Appointment and training - (a) A person shall not be appointed as a police...

§ 12-9-404. Failure to meet standards - A police traffic radar operator who does not meet the...

Subchapter 5 - Management Training and Education

§ 12-9-501. Legislative determination - (a) The Criminal Justice Institute, an educational entity, was created...

§ 12-9-502. Administration and approval - (a) (1) The Criminal Justice Institute of the University of...

§ 12-9-503. Criminal Justice Institute Advisory Board - (a) There is established the Criminal Justice Institute Advisory Board...

§ 12-9-504. Evaluation - In order to ensure quality control, provide for efficient use...

§ 12-9-505. Certification and accreditation program - The Criminal Justice Institute shall develop a certification and accreditation...

§ 12-9-506. Compensation - In order to ensure the best available training, education, and...

§ 12-9-507. Staffing procedure - The Criminal Justice Institute shall submit to the Joint Budget...

§ 12-9-508. National Center for Rural Law Enforcement Advisory Board - (a) There is established the National Center for Rural Law...

Subchapter 6 - Law Enforcement Officer Employment, Appointment, or Separation

§ 12-9-601. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Commission” means the Arkansas...

§ 12-9-602. Notice of employment, appointment, or separation — Response by the law enforcement officer — Duty of division - (a) (1) An employing agency shall immediately notify the Division...

§ 12-9-603. Certification review - When an employing agency reports that a law enforcement officer...

Chapter 10 - Communications Systems

Subchapter 2 - Statewide Radio Communications System

§ 12-10-201. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Assigned county frequency” means...

§ 12-10-202. Transmissions by unauthorized persons — Penalty - (a) It shall be unlawful to transmit over a frequency...

§ 12-10-203. Policy committee - (a) A seven-member policy committee composed of two (2) representatives...

§ 12-10-204. Special conditions for use of statewide emergency frequency - The following constitute conditions whereby the emergency frequency can be...

§ 12-10-205. Frequency allocation - (a) The assigned county operating frequency will be used for:...

§ 12-10-206. Assigned county operating frequency - The following counties shall be assigned the following frequencies: (1)...

§ 12-10-207. Interfacing the Department of Arkansas State Police Communications System - In order to interface the separate Department of Arkansas State...

§ 12-10-208. Official transmissions only - (a) All radio transmissions should be used for conducting official...

Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Public Safety Communications and Next Generation 911 Act of 2019

§ 12-10-301. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 12-10-302. Legislative findings, policy, and purpose - (a) It has been determined to be in the public...

§ 12-10-303. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Access line” means a...

§ 12-10-304. Public safety answering points - (a) (1) The chief executive of a political subdivision may:...

§ 12-10-305. Arkansas 911 Board - (a) (1) There is created the Arkansas 911 Board to...

§ 12-10-306. Communications personnel - The staff and supervisors of a public safety answering point...

§ 12-10-308. Response to requests for emergency response inside and outside jurisdiction - (a) A public safety answering point shall be capable of...

§ 12-10-309. Requests from the hearing and speech impaired - Each public safety answering point or dispatch center shall be...

§ 12-10-310. Records of calls - (a) The public safety answering point shall develop and maintain...

§ 12-10-313. Restrictions and nonemergency telephone number - (a) The telephone number 911 is restricted to emergency calls...

§ 12-10-314. Connection of network to automatic alarms, etc., prohibited - No person shall connect to a service supplier's network any...

§ 12-10-316. Public safety answering points — Access to information - (a) A public safety answering point and dispatch center designated...

§ 12-10-317. Public safety answering point — Operation — Rights, duties, liabilities, etc., of service providers - (a) (1) Each service provider shall forward to any public...

§ 12-10-318. Emergency telephone service charges — Imposition — Liability — Public safety charge - (a) (1) (A) When so authorized by a majority of...

§ 12-10-321. Public safety answering points — Bonds - (a) The governing authority of the political subdivision shall have...

§ 12-10-322. Direct access to 911 services required for multiline telephone systems - (a) A covered multiline telephone system shall allow, as a...

§ 12-10-323. Authorized expenditures of revenues - (a) (1) Revenue generated under §§ 12-10-318 and 12-10-326 and...

§ 12-10-324. Response to call — Entrance procedures - When responding to a 911 emergency call received at a...

§ 12-10-325. Training standards - (a) (1) A public safety agency, a public safety answering...

§ 12-10-326. Prepaid wireless public safety charge — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Consumer” means a...

§ 12-10-327. Restriction on creation of public safety answering point - A new public safety answering point shall not be established...

§ 12-10-328. 911 addressing authority — Data maintenance - (a) A chief executive shall designate a 911 addressing authority...

Chapter 11 - Prevention of Public Offenses

§ 12-11-101. Preventive measures - The commission of public offenses may be prevented by proceedings:...

§ 12-11-102. Unlawful assembly of twenty or more persons - (a) When persons to the number of twenty (20) or...

§ 12-11-103. Unlawful assembly of three or more persons - (a) When three (3) or more persons shall be riotously,...

§ 12-11-104. Resistance to authority - (a) When a county sheriff or other public officer authorized...

Chapter 12 - Crime Reporting and Investigations

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 12-12-102. Authority to investigate and arrest in contiguous county - Upon receiving permission from the proper county sheriff, any law...

§ 12-12-103. Pawnshop records — Penalty - (a) A pawnshop or pawnbroker doing business in the State...

§ 12-12-104. Physical evidence in sex offense or violent offense prosecutions — Retention and disposition — Definitions - (a) In a prosecution for a sex offense or a...

§ 12-12-105. Controlled substance laboratory seizure reports - (a) Each state and local law enforcement agency shall electronically...

§ 12-12-106. Investigations of an alleged sex offense - (a) A law enforcement officer, prosecuting attorney, or other government...

§ 12-12-107. Adult abuse and domestic violence reporting — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Adult” means an...

§ 12-12-108. Domestic violence investigation - (a) When a law enforcement agency responds to a report...

§ 12-12-109. Domestic violence investigation — Victimless prosecution - (a) A law enforcement agency that investigates a complaint or...

§ 12-12-110. Missing or unidentified persons — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Missing person” means...

Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Crime Information Center

§ 12-12-201. Creation — Director - (a) There is created the Arkansas Crime Information Center, under...

§ 12-12-202. Supervisory board — Members — Meetings - (a) There is created a Supervisory Board for the Arkansas...

§ 12-12-203. Supervisory board — Duties - (a) The duties and responsibilities of the Supervisory Board for...

§ 12-12-205. Missing Persons Information Clearinghouse — Definitions - (a) There is created a Missing Persons Information Clearinghouse within...

§ 12-12-206. Data processing — Supervision - (a) All data files and computer programs making up the...

§ 12-12-207. Maintenance and operation of information system - (a) The Arkansas Crime Information Center shall be responsible for...

§ 12-12-208. Coordination with national crime control information systems - (a) (1) The Arkansas Crime Information Center shall be the...

§ 12-12-209. Duty to furnish data - (a) (1) It shall be the duty of all county...

§ 12-12-210. Special information services agents - (a) To ensure the accuracy, timeliness, and completeness of all...

§ 12-12-211. Access to records - (a) (1) The Arkansas Crime Information Center shall make criminal...

§ 12-12-212. Release or disclosure to unauthorized person — Penalty - (a) A person is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor...

§ 12-12-213. Invasion of privacy prohibited - Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to give authority...

§ 12-12-214. Fees from localities — Disposition - (a) The Arkansas Crime Information Center is authorized to charge...

§ 12-12-215. Registry of orders of protection - (a) In addition to other duties as provided, the Arkansas...

§ 12-12-216. Carry forward - (a) At the close of each fiscal year, the Director...

§ 12-12-217. Annual report - (a) On July 31 of each year the Arkansas Crime...

§ 12-12-218. Registry of certain court orders — Definition - (a) As used in this section, “center system” means the...

§ 12-12-219. Records of local and regional detention facilities - (a) (1) The Arkansas Crime Information Center shall permit and...

Subchapter 3 - State Crime Laboratory

§ 12-12-301. Establishment - (a) There is established a State Crime Laboratory. (b) The...

§ 12-12-302. Board created — Members — Meetings - (a) (1) There is created a State Crime Laboratory Board....

§ 12-12-303. Board's powers and duties generally - (a) The State Crime Laboratory Board shall promulgate such policies...

§ 12-12-304. Director of the State Crime Laboratory - (a) (1) The State Crime Laboratory shall be headed by...

§ 12-12-305. Housing and equipment — Functions - (a) There shall be established under the supervision of the...

§ 12-12-306. State Medical Examiner - (a) The Director of the State Crime Laboratory shall appoint...

§ 12-12-307. Medical examiners — Qualifications — Duties - (a) (1) The State Medical Examiner as well as associate...

§ 12-12-308. Medical examiners — Professional liability insurance - (a) The State Crime Laboratory shall obtain a policy of...

§ 12-12-309. Utilization of outside personnel - (a) The State Crime Laboratory Board may authorize the Director...

§ 12-12-310. Reimbursement for use of outside faculty - (a) The State Crime Laboratory shall reimburse the Graduate Institute...

§ 12-12-311. Cooperation by others required — Tort immunity - (a) (1) All law enforcement officers and other state, county,...

§ 12-12-312. Records confidential and privileged — Exception — Release - (a) (1) (A) (i) The records, files, and information kept,...

§ 12-12-313. Records as evidence — Analyst's testimony - (a) The records and reports of autopsies, evidence analyses, drug...

§ 12-12-314. Fees — Disposition - (a) The State Crime Laboratory shall charge certain fees in...

§ 12-12-315. Notification of certain deaths - (a) (1) The county coroner, prosecuting attorney, and either the...

§ 12-12-316. Transportation of corpses - (a) The State Crime Laboratory is authorized to transport bodies...

§ 12-12-317. Death certificates - (a) Except as provided under subsection (b) of this section,...

§ 12-12-318. Examinations, investigations, and postmortem examinations — Authorization and restrictions - (a) (1) When death occurs in such a manner or...

§ 12-12-319. Embalming corpse subject to examination, investigation, or autopsy — Penalty - (a) It shall be unlawful to embalm a dead body...

§ 12-12-320. Autopsies — Removal of pituitary gland - (a) The State Medical Examiner and his or her assistants...

§ 12-12-321. Autopsies — Exhumed bodies - (a) Where death occurs under such circumstances as are set...

§ 12-12-322. Hazardous duty pay - (a) (1) The State Crime Laboratory is authorized to provide...

§ 12-12-323. Crime Lab Equipment Fund - (a) There is created the Crime Lab Equipment Fund on...

§ 12-12-324. Testing by State Crime Laboratory - (a) A firearm used in the commission of a crime...

§ 12-12-326. Autopsies — Line-of-duty death — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Eligible person” means...

Subchapter 4 - Sexual Assault — Medical-Legal Examinations

§ 12-12-401. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) (A) “Appropriate emergency medical-legal...

§ 12-12-402. Procedures governing medical treatment - (a) All medical facilities or licensed healthcare providers conducting medical-legal...

§ 12-12-403. Examinations and treatment — Payment - (a) All licensed emergency departments shall provide prompt, appropriate emergency...

§ 12-12-404. Reimbursement of medical facility — Rules - (a) The Crime Victims Reparations Board may reimburse any medical...

§ 12-12-405. License suspension or revocation - Noncompliance with the provisions of this subchapter is grounds for...

§ 12-12-406. Sexual assault collection kits — Submission for testing — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Anonymous kit” means...

Subchapter 6 - Knife and Gunshot Wound Reporting

§ 12-12-601. Penalty - Any person violating any provision of this subchapter shall be...

§ 12-12-602. Report of treatment required - (a) All physicians, surgeons, hospitals, druggists, or other persons or...

§ 12-12-603. Contents and time of report - (a) The report shall be made immediately upon the nature...

Subchapter 7 - Psychological Stress Tests

§ 12-12-701. Authorization - Notwithstanding the provisions of the Polygraph Examiners Licensing Act, §...

§ 12-12-702. Warnings - Prior to administering any psychological evaluation tests, the person to...

§ 12-12-703. Minors - No psychological stress evaluation shall be given to any person...

§ 12-12-704. Results inadmissible - The results of any such examination as provided in this...

Subchapter 8 - Missing Children

§ 12-12-801. Report of missing child — Notation on records - (a) When either a law enforcement officer or the Attorney...

§ 12-12-802. Request for birth certificate — Notification of law enforcement officer or Attorney General - (a) When the Division of Vital Records of the Department...

§ 12-12-803. Request for school records — Notification of law enforcement officer or Attorney General - (a) When a school receives a request for the records...

Subchapter 9 - Sex Offender Registration Act of 1997

§ 12-12-901. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 12-12-902. Legislative findings - The General Assembly finds that sex offenders pose a high...

§ 12-12-903. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Adjudication of guilt” or...

§ 12-12-904. Failure to comply with registration and reporting requirements — Refusal to cooperate with assessment process - (a) (1) (A) A person is guilty of a Class...

§ 12-12-905. Applicability - (a) The registration or registration verification requirements of this subchapter...

§ 12-12-906. Duty to register or verify registration generally — Review of requirements with offenders - (a) (1) (A) (i) At the time of adjudication of...

§ 12-12-907. Report to Arkansas Crime Information Center — Report to law enforcement agency - (a) (1) Within three (3) days after registering or updating...

§ 12-12-908. Registration format — Requirements - (a) The Director of the Arkansas Crime Information Center shall...

§ 12-12-909. Verification form — Change of address - (a) (1) A sex offender required to register under this...

§ 12-12-910. Fine - (a) The sentencing court shall assess at the time of...

§ 12-12-911. Sex and Child Offenders Registration Fund - (a) There is established on the books of the Treasurer...

§ 12-12-912. Arrests for violations - (a) In order for a sex offender to be charged...

§ 12-12-913. Disclosure - (a) (1) Registration records maintained pursuant to this subchapter shall...

§ 12-12-914. Notice of release - (a) (1) The Division of Correction shall provide notice by...

§ 12-12-915. Authority — Rules - (a) The Division of Correction, the Division of Community Correction,...

§ 12-12-916. Publication and notice of obligation to register - The Office of Driver Services of the Department of Finance...

§ 12-12-917. Evaluation protocol — Sexually dangerous persons — Juveniles adjudicated delinquent — Examiners - (a) (1) The Sex Offender Assessment Committee shall develop an...

§ 12-12-918. Classification as sexually dangerous person - (a) (1) In order to classify a person as a...

§ 12-12-919. Termination of obligation to register - (a) Lifetime registration is required for a sex offender who:...

§ 12-12-920. Immunity from civil liability - (a) Public officials, public employees, and public agencies are immune...

§ 12-12-921. Sex Offender Assessment Committee - (a) The Sex Offender Assessment Committee shall consist of nine...

§ 12-12-922. Alternative procedure for sexually dangerous person evaluations — Administrative review of assigned risk level - (a) (1) The alternative procedure under this section may be...

§ 12-12-923. Electronic monitoring of sex offenders - (a) (1) Upon release from incarceration, a sex offender determined...

§ 12-12-924. Disclosure and notification concerning out-of-state sex offenders moving into Arkansas - (a) A local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction where an...

§ 12-12-925. Travel outside of the United States - (a) A sex offender who is required to register under...

§ 12-12-926. Release of motor vehicle records by the Department of Finance and Administration - (a) The Department of Finance and Administration may release to...

§ 12-12-927. Medicaid services by sex offender prohibited - If a court has entered an order requiring a person...

§ 12-12-928. Prohibition against recording a person under 14 years of age — Notification - A person required to register as a sex offender under...

§ 12-12-929. Registered offender prohibited from holding position of public trust — Definition - (a) As used in this section, “position of public trust”...

Subchapter 10 - Criminal History Information and Reporting Standards

§ 12-12-1001. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) (A) “Administration of criminal...

§ 12-12-1002. Penalties - (a) Upon conviction, any criminal justice agency or official subject...

§ 12-12-1003. Scope - (a) This subchapter governs the: (1) Collection, maintenance, and dissemination...

§ 12-12-1004. Completeness and accuracy - (a) The Arkansas Crime Information Center and the State Crime...

§ 12-12-1005. Identification Bureau - (a) The Identification Bureau of the Department of Arkansas State...

§ 12-12-1006. Fingerprinting, DNA sample collection, and photographing - (a) (1) (A) Immediately following an arrest for an offense,...

§ 12-12-1007. Reporting requirements - (a) Certain events occurring during the course of a criminal...

§ 12-12-1008. Dissemination for criminal justice purposes - (a) Pending information, conviction information, and nonconviction information available through...

§ 12-12-1009. Dissemination of conviction information for noncriminal justice purposes - (a) Conviction information shall be made available for the following...

§ 12-12-1010. Dissemination of criminal history information for other purposes - (a) (1) Criminal history information shall be made available to...

§ 12-12-1011. Dissemination limited - (a) Release of criminal history information for noncriminal justice purposes...

§ 12-12-1012. Fees for noncriminal justice record searches - (a) (1) (A) A fee may be charged for providing...

§ 12-12-1013. Right of review and challenge - (a) (1) A person, upon positive verification of his or...

§ 12-12-1014. Security of criminal history information - (a) The Arkansas Crime Information Center shall be authorized to...

§ 12-12-1015. Audit of criminal history records - (a) The Arkansas Crime Information Center shall be authorized to...

§ 12-12-1016. Powers and duties of State Crime Laboratory - In addition to any other power or duty conferred by...

§ 12-12-1017. Procedures for conduct, disposition, and use of DNA analysis - (a) (1) The State Crime Laboratory shall promulgate rules governing...

§ 12-12-1018. Receipt and analysis of DNA samples — Availability of information - (a) The State Crime Laboratory shall: (1) Receive, store, and...

§ 12-12-1019. Removal and destruction of the DNA record and DNA sample - (a) Any person whose DNA record is included in the...

Subchapter 11 - State Convicted Offender DNA Data Base Act

§ 12-12-1101. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 12-12-1102. Purpose - The General Assembly finds and declares that: (1) DNA data...

§ 12-12-1103. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Adjudication of guilt” and...

§ 12-12-1104. Powers and duties of State Crime Laboratory - In addition to any other powers and duties conferred by...

§ 12-12-1105. State DNA Data Base - (a) (1) There is established the State DNA Data Base....

§ 12-12-1106. State DNA Data Bank - (a) There is established the State DNA Data Bank. (b)...

§ 12-12-1107. State Crime Laboratory recommendation of additional offenses - (a) The State Crime Laboratory may recommend to the General...

§ 12-12-1108. Procedural compatibility with the Federal Bureau of Investigation - The DNA identification system as established by the State Crime...

§ 12-12-1109. DNA sample required upon adjudication of guilt - (a) A person who is adjudicated guilty for a qualifying...

§ 12-12-1110. Procedures of withdrawal, collection, and transmission of DNA samples - (a) (1) (A) Each DNA sample required to be taken...

§ 12-12-1111. Procedures for conduct, disposition, and use of DNA analysis - (a) (1) The State Crime Laboratory shall adopt rules governing...

§ 12-12-1112. Receipt and analysis of DNA samples — Availability of information - (a) Receipt of DNA Samples by State Crime Laboratory. (1)...

§ 12-12-1113. Removal and destruction of the DNA record and DNA sample - (a) (1) Any person whose DNA record has been included...

§ 12-12-1114. Confidentiality - (a) All DNA profiles and samples submitted to the State...

§ 12-12-1115. Prohibition against disclosure - (a) (1) Any person who by virtue of employment or...

§ 12-12-1116. Prohibition against disclosure for pecuniary gain - Upon conviction, a person is guilty of a Class D...

§ 12-12-1117. Injunctions - The State Crime Laboratory or any other aggrieved individual or...

§ 12-12-1118. Mandatory cost - (a) Unless finding that undue hardship would result, the sentencing...

§ 12-12-1119. DNA Detection Fund - (a) There is hereby established on the books of the...

§ 12-12-1120. Authority of law enforcement officers - Nothing in this subchapter shall limit or abrogate any existing...

Subchapter 12 - Victim Notification System

§ 12-12-1201. Authorization - The Arkansas Crime Information Center is authorized to develop and...

§ 12-12-1202. Information provided - (a) A victim notification may be accomplished by means of...

Subchapter 14 - Task Force on Racial Profiling

§ 12-12-1401. Definition - (a) As used in this subchapter, “racial profiling” means the...

§ 12-12-1402. Prohibition on racial profiling - (a) No member of the Division of Arkansas State Police,...

§ 12-12-1403. Policies - (a) The Division of Arkansas State Police, the Arkansas Highway...

§ 12-12-1404. Training - (a) Each law enforcement agency shall provide annual training to...

§ 12-12-1405. Racial profiling hotline - (a) (1) The Attorney General shall establish and publish procedures...

Subchapter 15 - Arkansas State Criminal Records Act

§ 12-12-1501. Title - This subchapter shall be known as the “Arkansas State Criminal...

§ 12-12-1502. Intent - (a) It is the intent of this subchapter to: (1)...

§ 12-12-1503. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Administration of criminal justice”...

§ 12-12-1504. Information required — Exceptions - (a) The Department of Arkansas State Police and the Arkansas...

§ 12-12-1505. Disposition of data to the central repository - (a) Criminal history information shall be submitted to the Arkansas...

§ 12-12-1506. Unrestricted information — Records — Immunity from civil liability - (a) (1) All conviction information and felony arrest records may...

§ 12-12-1507. Administration - (a) (1) Release of criminal history information under this subchapter...

§ 12-12-1508. Access to information — Fee - (a) Criminal history information or requestor information collected and maintained...

§ 12-12-1509. Right of review and challenge - (a) (1) A person may review and challenge his or...

§ 12-12-1510. Fees - (a) (1) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this...

§ 12-12-1511. Penalty - Any person who shall knowingly release or disclose to any...

§ 12-12-1512. Rules - The Division of Arkansas State Police and the Arkansas Crime...

§ 12-12-1513. Status as a registered sex offender - (a) The General Assembly finds that: (1) The fact that...

Subchapter 16 - Criminal History for Volunteers Act

§ 12-12-1601. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 12-12-1602. Purpose - The purpose of this subchapter is to allow volunteer organizations...

§ 12-12-1603. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Children” means individuals under...

§ 12-12-1604. Authority - (a) The Department of Arkansas State Police and the Arkansas...

§ 12-12-1605. Registration by volunteer organization - (a) A volunteer organization desiring to obtain criminal background check...

§ 12-12-1606. Request for criminal background check - (a) (1) Any volunteer organization registered to obtain criminal background...

§ 12-12-1607. Background checks - (a) (1) Upon receipt of a proper request from a...

§ 12-12-1608. Penalty - The following acts are a Class A misdemeanor: (1) Knowingly...

§ 12-12-1609. Fees - (a) (1) The Department of Arkansas State Police may charge...

§ 12-12-1610. Extent of disclosure - (a) The Department of Arkansas State Police and the Arkansas...

Subchapter 17 - Adult and Long-Term Care Facility Resident Maltreatment Act

§ 12-12-1701. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 12-12-1702. Purpose - The purpose of this subchapter is to: (1) Provide a...

§ 12-12-1703. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) (A) “Abuse” means with...

§ 12-12-1704. Spiritual treatment alone not abusive - Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to mean that...

§ 12-12-1705. Privilege not grounds for exclusion of evidence - Any privilege between husband and wife or between any professional...

§ 12-12-1706. Civil penalties - (a) (1) The State of Arkansas and the Attorney General...

§ 12-12-1707. Adult and long-term care facility resident maltreatment hotline - (a) The Department of Human Services shall maintain a single...

§ 12-12-1708. Persons required to report adult or long-term care facility resident maltreatment - (a) (1) Whenever any of the following persons has observed...

§ 12-12-1709. Report of death caused by maltreatment - (a) (1) Any person or official who is required to...

§ 12-12-1710. Investigation by Department of Human Services - (a) The Department of Human Services shall have jurisdiction to...

§ 12-12-1711. Procedures for investigation by the Department of Human Services - (a) The Department of Human Services shall conduct a thorough...

§ 12-12-1712. Photographs and X-rays - (a) Any person who is required to report a case...

§ 12-12-1713. Immunity for investigation participants - (a) Any person, official, or institution acting in good faith...

§ 12-12-1714. Investigative powers of the Department of Human Services - (a) If admission cannot be obtained to a home, an...

§ 12-12-1715. Rights of subject of report — Investigative determination of the Department of Human Services — Notice of finding — Appeal - (a) Upon completion of an investigation, the Department of Human...

§ 12-12-1716. Adult and Long-term Care Facility Resident Maltreatment Central Registry - (a) (1) There is established within the Department of Human...

§ 12-12-1717. Availability of founded reports of adult or long-term care facility resident maltreatment - (a) A report made under this subchapter that is determined...

§ 12-12-1718. Availability of screened-out, pending, and unfounded reports - (a) A record of a screened-out report of adult maltreatment...

§ 12-12-1719. Delegation of authority - The Secretary of the Department of Human Services may assign...

§ 12-12-1720. Penalties - (a) (1) A person commits the offense of failure to...

§ 12-12-1721. Reports as evidence - (a) A written report from a person or official required...

§ 12-12-1722. Services available on investigative finding of founded or unfounded - (a) If an investigation under this subchapter is determined to...

§ 12-12-1723. Rules - The Secretary of the Department of Human Services may adopt...

Subchapter 18 - Automatic License Plate Reader System Act

§ 12-12-1801. Title - This subchapter is known and may be cited as the...

§ 12-12-1802. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Alert” means data held...

§ 12-12-1803. Restrictions on use - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

§ 12-12-1804. Protections - (a) Captured plate data obtained for the purposes described under...

§ 12-12-1805. Practice and usage data preservation - (a) An entity that uses an automatic license plate reader...

§ 12-12-1806. Use of data and data-derived evidence - Captured plate data and evidence derived from it shall not...

§ 12-12-1807. Penalties - (a) A person who violates this subchapter shall be subject...

§ 12-12-1808. Privacy - (a) (1) Captured plate data or data obtained from the...

Subchapter 19 - Location Information of Wireless Telecommunications Device and Geolocation of Internet Protocol Address in Emergency Situation

§ 12-12-1901. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Commercial mobile radio service”...

§ 12-12-1902. Commercial mobile radio service or internet service provider to provide information upon request - (a) Upon request of a law enforcement agency, a commercial...

§ 12-12-1903. Limitation of liability - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a commercial mobile radio...

§ 12-12-1904. Providers to submit contact information to Arkansas Crime Information Center - A commercial mobile radio service provider or internet service provider...

§ 12-12-1905. Additional duties of Arkansas Crime Information Center - The Arkansas Crime Information Center shall make available the contact...

§ 12-12-1906. Prohibition against abuse - (a) A commercial mobile radio service provider or internet service...

Chapter 13 - Fire Prevention

Subchapter 1 - Fire Prevention Act

§ 12-13-101. Title - This subchapter shall be known as the “Fire Prevention Act”.

§ 12-13-102. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Building” means any structure,...

§ 12-13-103. Officer's neglect of duty — Penalty - (a) Any officer referred to in this subchapter who neglects...

§ 12-13-104. Administration and enforcement - (a) The administration and enforcement of this subchapter are vested...

§ 12-13-105. Duties of State Fire Marshal Enforcement Section - The State Fire Marshal Enforcement Section shall have the responsibility...

§ 12-13-106. Section personnel - The members or heads of the State Fire Marshal Enforcement...

§ 12-13-107. Director of the Division of Arkansas State Police — Duties generally - (a) It shall be the duty of the Director of...

§ 12-13-108. Ex officio deputies - All mayors, members of fire departments, and peace officers shall...

§ 12-13-109. Fire drills - It shall be the duty of the Director of the...

§ 12-13-110. Inspection of buildings - (a) (1) Upon complaint of any person or on their...

§ 12-13-111. Investigation of fires - (a) (1) The deputies to the Director of the Division...

§ 12-13-112. Inquiries - (a) When the Director of the Division of Arkansas State...

§ 12-13-113. Service of process, order, or notice - Any officer of the Department of Arkansas State Police may...

§ 12-13-114. Civil actions - (a) (1) No act taken by the Director of the...

§ 12-13-115. Annual report to Governor - Annually on or before July 1, the Director of the...

§ 12-13-116. Disposition of penalties, fees, and forfeitures - All penalties, fees, or forfeitures collected under the provisions of...

§ 12-13-117. Temporary door barricade devices - A person may install and use a temporary door barricade...

§ 12-13-118. Americans with Disabilities Act compliance - When the Arkansas Fire Prevention Code conflicts with the 2010...

§ 12-13-119. Review of fire protection class code determinations by advisory organizations — Recommendations to Insurance Commissioner - (a) The State Fire Marshal Enforcement Section may review fire...

Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Fire Training Academy

§ 12-13-201. Construction, operation, etc - The Arkansas Fire Training Academy shall be under the control...

§ 12-13-204. Gifts, grants, and donations - SAU-Tech of Southern Arkansas University is authorized to accept and...

§ 12-13-205. Reimbursement for training expenses - (a) (1) If any county, city, or town pays the...

Subchapter 3 - Arson Reporting-Immunity Act

§ 12-13-301. Title - This subchapter shall be known as the “Arson Reporting-Immunity Act”.

§ 12-13-302. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Action” includes nonaction or...

§ 12-13-303. Disclosure of information - (a) Any authorized agency may, in writing, require the insurer...

§ 12-13-304. Confidentiality - Any information furnished to any authorized agency pursuant to this...

§ 12-13-305. Enforcement - (a) No person shall knowingly refuse to provide authorized agencies...

Chapter 14 - State Capitol Police

§ 12-14-101. Establishment — Powers - (a) In such a manner as will most effectually secure...

§ 12-14-102. Duties — Authority - (a) Except to the extent otherwise limited by the Secretary...

§ 12-14-103. Rules - The Secretary of State is hereby authorized and empowered to...

§ 12-14-104. Territory — Cumulative remedies - (a) (1) This chapter shall apply to and encompass all...

§ 12-14-105. Enforcement — Fines - (a) The prosecuting attorney or the city attorney, as may...

§ 12-14-106. Additional salary payments - (a) In the event that sufficient revenues in the judgment...

§ 12-14-107. Assignment of officer to Senate - (a) (1) Upon request, one (1) member of the State...

§ 12-14-108. Award of pistol upon retirement or death - When a State Capitol Police officer retires from service or...

§ 12-14-109. Certain records exempt - A record or other information related to the operations, emergency...

Chapter 15 - Weapons

Subchapter 2 - Concealed Handgun Permits

§ 12-15-201. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Auxiliary law enforcement officer”...

§ 12-15-202. Eligibility to carry concealed handgun - (a) Any certified law enforcement officer, auxiliary law enforcement officer,...

Subchapter 3 - Law Enforcement Personnel

§ 12-15-301. Sale of county-issued firearms to deputies - (a) (1) When any county sheriff's deputy retires or otherwise...

§ 12-15-302. Award of pistol upon retirement or death of a county sheriff or deputy county sheriff - (a) When a deputy county sheriff retires from service or...

Chapter 16 - Multijurisdictional Cooperation

Subchapter 2 - Drug and Controlled Substance Laws — Multijurisdictional Enforcement Groups for the Enforcement of Drug and Controlled Substance Laws

§ 12-16-201. Drug and controlled substance laws — Multijurisdictional enforcement groups - (a) A county bordering another state may enter into an...

Chapter 17 - State Drug Crime Enforcement and Prosecution Grant Fund

§ 12-17-101. Definitions - As used in this chapter: (1) “Drug crime” means a...

§ 12-17-102. State Drug Crime Enforcement and Prosecution Grant Fund established - (a) There is hereby established and created on the books...

§ 12-17-103. Grant application and administration process - (a) The Department of Finance and Administration shall develop and...

§ 12-17-104. Determination of grant awards - The Arkansas Alcohol and Drug Abuse Coordinating Council shall: (1)...

§ 12-17-105. Matching funds - (a) Any multi-jurisdictional drug crime task force receiving a grant...

§ 12-17-106. Drug crime special assessment - (a) There is hereby established a drug crime special assessment...

§ 12-17-107. Specific use of grant awards - (a) Grant awards under this chapter shall be used specifically...

Chapter 18 - Child Maltreatment Act

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 12-18-101. Title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 12-18-102. Purpose - The purpose of this chapter is to: (1) Provide a...

§ 12-18-103. Definitions - As used in this chapter: (1) (A) “Abandonment” means: (i)...

§ 12-18-104. Confidentiality - (a) Any data, records, reports, or documents that are created,...

§ 12-18-105. Rules - The Department of Human Services and the Department of Arkansas...

§ 12-18-106. Cooperative agreements - (a) The Department of Human Services and the Division of...

§ 12-18-107. Liability - (a) A person or agency required by this chapter to...

§ 12-18-108. Maintenance of forensic samples from abortions performed on a child - (a) (1) A physician who performs an abortion on a...

Subchapter 2 - Offenses and Penalties

§ 12-18-201. Failure to notify by a mandated reporter in the first degree - (a) A person commits the offense of failure to notify...

§ 12-18-202. Failure to notify by a mandated reporter in the second degree - (a) A person commits the offense of failure to notify...

§ 12-18-203. Making a false report under this chapter - (a) A person commits the offense of making a false...

§ 12-18-204. Unlawful restriction of child abuse reporting - (a) (1) An employer or supervisor of an employee identified...

§ 12-18-205. Unlawful disclosure of data or information under this chapter - (a) A person commits the offense of unlawful disclosure of...

§ 12-18-206. Civil liability for failure to report - A person required by this chapter to make a report...

§ 12-18-207. Judicial and prosecutorial disclosure - A judge or prosecuting attorney who fails to make a...

§ 12-18-208. Subsequent disclosure by a subject of a report - This chapter does not prevent subsequent disclosure by a subject...

§ 12-18-209. Imposition of penalties - The Department of Human Services and the Department of Arkansas...

§ 12-18-210. Prohibition on intentionally causing, aiding, abetting, or assisting a child to obtain an abortion without parental consent - (a) (1) A person shall not intentionally cause, aid, or...

Subchapter 3 - Child Abuse Hotline

§ 12-18-301. Creation - (a) There is created the Child Abuse Hotline. (b) The...

§ 12-18-302. Reports by mandated reporters - (a) As prescribed under this section, a mandated reporter under...

§ 12-18-303. Minimum requirements for a report to be accepted - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Child...

§ 12-18-304. Qualifying reports of certain types of child maltreatment - (a) (1) The Child Abuse Hotline shall accept a report...

§ 12-18-305. Garrett's Law reports - The Child Abuse Hotline shall accept a report of neglect...

§ 12-18-306. Reports naming an adult as the victim - The Child Abuse Hotline shall accept a report of child...

§ 12-18-307. Reports alleging Munchausen syndrome by proxy or factitious illness - The Child Abuse Hotline shall accept a report of child...

§ 12-18-308. Reports of injury to a child's intellectual, emotional, or psychological development - The Child Abuse Hotline shall accept a report of injury...

§ 12-18-309. Reports alleging that a child is disrupting his or her adoption or is a dependent juvenile - The Child Abuse Hotline shall accept telephone calls or other...

§ 12-18-310. Referrals on children born with and affected by fetal alcohol spectrum disorder or prenatal drug exposure to an illegal drug or a legal substance - (a) All healthcare providers involved in the delivery or care...

Subchapter 4 - Reporting Suspected Child Maltreatment

§ 12-18-401. Generally - (a) A person may immediately notify the Child Abuse Hotline...

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Arkansas Code Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs

Arkansas Code
Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs
Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs