Title 13 — Libraries, Archives, and Cultural Resources

(1) All counties of the State of Arkansas shall maintain financial records for the county as follows, if they are currently being maintained:(1) Social Security and federal income tax records maintained per federal regulations;(2) State income tax records maintained per state law…

(1) All counties of the State of Arkansas shall maintain county recorder's records for the county as follows, if they are currently being maintained:(1) Maintain permanently:(A) Deeds, mortgages, assignments, and all other conveyance records;(B) Forfeited land records;(C) Timber,…

(1) All counties shall maintain county voter registration and election records for the county as follows, if the records are currently being:(1) Maintained permanently:(A) Voter registration record files;(B) Maps of election precincts from the county board of election commissione…

(1) All counties of the State of Arkansas shall maintain county marriage records, licenses, and bonds records for the county as follows, if they are currently being maintained:(1) Maintain permanently:(A) Marriage record and index;(B) Clerical licenses and credentials;(C) Medical…

(1) All counties of the State of Arkansas shall maintain corporation records for the county, if they are currently being maintained, permanently as follows:(1) Articles of incorporation;(2) Certificate of business under assumed name;(3) Articles of amendment;(4) Registration of f…

(a) (1) A county sheriff's office shall maintain the records named in this subchapter for the period of time provided in this subchapter, after which time the records may be destroyed.(2) (A) Administrative records shall not be destroyed until at least one (1) year after an audit…

(1) A record retained by a county sheriff's office for which a retention period is otherwise provided in the Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated is not subject to this subchapter, including without limitation records described in:(1) Section 12-12-104; and(2) Section 16-10-211. (1) S…

(a) As used in this section, “criminal investigation documentation” includes without limitation:(1) Incident or offense reports;(2) Arrest warrant records;(3) Search warrant records; and(4) Investigative case files, including:(A) Photographs;(B) Lab reports; and(C) Audio media, v…

(a) As used in this section, “jail booking records” means records generated and kept during jail booking procedures and while a person is in custody and includes without limitation:(1) Fingerprint cards;(2) Booking photographs; and(3) Jail detention logs. (1) Fingerprint cards; (…

(a) As used in this section, “dispatch reports” means records generated and kept regarding:(1) Incoming calls to the county sheriff's office involving reports or complaints from the general public;(2) Complaint cards; and(3) Radio traffic logs. (1) Incoming calls to the county sh…

Orders of protection issued by a circuit court under § 9-15-201 et seq. shall be retained for a period of ten (10) years, after which time they may be disposed of by the order of the county judge upon recommendation of the county sheriff.

(1) The following documents, records, and reports, computerized or on paper, shall be retained for a period of five (5) years, after which time they may be disposed of by the order of the county judge upon recommendation of the county sheriff:(1) Citations;(2) Summons;(3) Subpoen…

(a) If an item is in the possession of a county sheriff's office pursuant to a misdemeanor criminal investigation or court case, it shall be retained for a period of thirty (30) days after:(1) The investigation for which it is being held has closed; or(2) If the investigation res…

(a) If an item is in the possession of a county sheriff's office pursuant to a felony criminal investigation, it shall be retained until the applicable statute of limitation for the most serious possible crime to which it could be connected has lapsed unless the item is:(1) Relea…

(a) Any item in the possession of a county sheriff's office that is not associated with a criminal investigation or court case, such as a misplaced or lost-and-found item, shall be retained for one (1) year or until the rightful owner reclaims the item. (b) At the end of the peri…

This subchapter also applies to constables.

This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Museum Property Act”.

(1) The purpose of this subchapter is to:(1) Establish procedures for vesting in a museum ownership of abandoned or undocumented property in the possession of the museum;(2) Establish procedures to terminate loans of property to a museum;(3) Allow a museum to conserve or dispose …

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Address” means the most recent location of a claimant or lender as indicated by a museum's records pertaining to the property;(2) (A) “Claimant” means a person who has established or claims entitlement to or an interest in property held by a mu…

(a) By complying with subsection (b) or subsection (c) of this section, a museum may obtain ownership of a loan if:(1) The loan agreement has expired; or(2) Both:(A) The loan has been in the museum's custody for more than ten (10) years; and(B) The loan agreement does not provide…

(a) Undocumented property in the possession of a museum shall become the museum's property if no person has claimed the undocumented property within seven (7) years after the museum documented possession of the undocumented property. (b) This section does not vest ownership of th…

(a) At the time of a loan to a museum, the museum shall:(1) Make and retain a written record of the following:(A) The lender's name, address, and telephone number;(B) A description of the loan;(C) The date of the loan; and(D) The expiration date of the loan; and(2) Provide the le…

(a) A lender who has made a loan to a museum shall promptly notify the museum in writing about a change in:(1) The lender's address; and(2) (A) A change in the ownership of the loan.(B) (i) It shall be the responsibility of the owner of a loan to provide sufficient proof of his o…

A museum has a lien on unclaimed property for any expenses incurred while caring for the unclaimed property.

(a) If immediate conservation is necessary to protect a loan, a museum's property, or the safety and welfare of the public and the museum's staff and the loan agreement between the museum and the lender does not provide otherwise, a museum has the right to apply conservation meas…

All state agencies and institutions possessing museum objects in excess of their own needs for display, education, or research are authorized and urged to make those objects available on a loan basis to state-financed museums in this state in order that the residents of this stat…

A museum which acquires ownership of property under this subchapter receives the property free of any claim by a claimant or lender.

A museum shall keep all records relating to loans and undocumented property while the museum has possession of the property or for twenty-five (25) years, whichever period of time is longer.

This subchapter controls in the event that it conflicts with any of the provisions of § 18-28-201 et seq.

The Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism shall promulgate rules to carry out the provisions of this subchapter, including, but not limited to, rules concerning the form and substance of loan agreements.

As used in this subchapter, “museum” means an organized and permanent nonprofit institution with professional staff, essentially educational or aesthetic in purpose, which owns and utilizes tangible objects of service, history, art, or culture, cares for them, and exhibits them t…

(a) The Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism shall establish and carry out a program of grants-in-aid to eligible museums or, in appropriate cases, organizations engaged in or concerned with history, science, art, or culture on the basis of fifty percent (50%) state grant f…

A.C.A. § 13-5-207Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

This subchapter shall be known as the “Arkansas Museum and Cultural Center Act”.

This subchapter shall be construed liberally. The enumeration of any object, purpose, power, manner, method, and thing shall not be deemed to exclude like or similar objects, purposes, powers, manners, methods, and things.

(a) (1) The Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism is authorized to use any available funds for the construction, equipment, and operation of a museum and cultural center.(2) The secretary is authorized to issue revenue bonds, secured by and payable from the …

(a) Bonds shall be authorized by resolution of the Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism. (b) The authorizing resolution may contain or may provide for the execution of a trust indenture which may contain any other terms, covenants, and conditions that are d…

(a) As the Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism shall determine, bonds issued pursuant to this subchapter may:(1) Be coupon bonds, payable to bearer, or may be registrable as to principal only or as to principal and interest, and may be made exchangeable fo…

(a) Any authorizing resolution and trust indenture shall, together with this subchapter, constitute a contract between the Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism and the holders and registered owners of the bonds. (b) This contract and all covenants, agreemen…

(a) The bonds shall be sold at public sale on sealed bids after such advertisement as the Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism shall determine to be necessary for the obtaining of favorable competitive bidding. (b) In no event shall any bid be accepted whic…

(a) The bonds shall be executed by the manual or facsimile signature of the Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism. The coupons attached to the bonds shall be executed by the facsimile signature of the secretary. (b) In case any of the officers whose signatur…

(a) It shall be plainly stated on the face of each bond that:(1) The bond has been issued under the provisions of this subchapter;(2) The bonds are obligations only of the Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism;(3) In no event do the bonds constitute an indeb…

(a) All revenues derived from the operation of the Arkansas Museum and Cultural Center and all other funds received by the Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism from other sources for use in connection with the center and its operation are center revenues an…

(a) The payment of debt service, including principal, interest, and trustee's and paying agent's fees, shall be secured by a lien on and pledge of net center revenues, which are gross revenues less those revenues applied to operation and maintenance as set forth in § 13-5-314. (b…

(a) The Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism shall notify the State Board of Finance or the appropriate officer, board, or agency then having jurisdiction over the moneys involved when the secretary has determined to issue bonds under this subchapter and th…

(a) The Director of the Department of Parks and Tourism is authorized to issue bonds to refund any bonds issued under the authority of this subchapter. (b) All refunding bonds issued under this section shall in all respects be authorized, issued, and secured in the manner provide…

Bonds issued under this subchapter shall be exempt from all state, county, and municipal taxes.

The board of trustees of any retirement system now existing or created by the General Assembly may invest its funds in bonds issued under this subchapter.

Arkansas Legislative Audit is authorized and directed to audit the records and accounts of the Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism and to furnish a copy of the report of that audit to the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism.

(a) The Secretary of the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism is authorized to employ such full-time or temporary professional, technical, and other consulting services as the secretary shall determine necessary or desirable in assisting the Department of Parks, Heritage, a…