Title 27, Transportation

(a) If an applicant for an identification card under this chapter is not a citizen of the United States as provided under § 27-16-1105(a)(1)(D)(ii)-(xi), the expiration date of the identification card shall be the shorter of:(1) The period provided for under § 27-16-805(b); or(2)…

This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Voluntary Enhanced Security Driver's License and Identification Card Act”.

(1) The purpose of this subchapter is:(1) To ensure that as an alternative to a driver's license or identification card otherwise issued under this Title 27 of the Arkansas Code, Arkansas citizens may have the option of obtaining a driver's license or identification card with add…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Department” means the Department of Finance and Administration;(2) “Voluntary enhanced security commercial driver's license” means a commercial motor vehicle operator's license issued under this subchapter;(3) “Voluntary enhanced security drive…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration may perform any system development necessary to implement the requirements of this subchapter. (b) As used in this section, “system development” includes without limitati…

(a) (1) In addition to the requirements of this subchapter, the issuance, renewal, and use of a voluntary enhanced security driver's license shall be subject to the requirements and fees for obtaining, renewing, and using a driver's license otherwise issued under this Title 27 of…

(a) As an alternative to applying for the standard driver's license, commercial driver's license, or identification card under other subchapters of this chapter, a person may apply for a voluntary enhanced security driver's license, voluntary enhanced security commercial driver's…

(a) In addition to the information required under § 27-16-1105, an applicant for a voluntary enhanced security driver's license, voluntary enhanced security commercial driver's license, or voluntary enhanced security identification card under this subchapter must present two (2) …

(1) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration shall require before issuing a voluntary enhanced security driver's license, voluntary enhanced security commercial driver's license, or voluntary enhanced security identification card valid documentary evidence th…

(a) A voluntary enhanced security driver's license, voluntary enhanced security commercial driver's license, and voluntary enhanced security identification card issued to a United States citizen or United States national under this subchapter shall expire at the time provided for…

(a) The fee for the initial issuance of a voluntary enhanced security driver's license, voluntary enhanced security commercial driver's license, or voluntary enhanced security identification card under this subchapter is the same as the fee for initial issuance of other driver's …

The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration may promulgate any necessary rules to carry out this subchapter, subject to the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.

(1) This subchapter shall be effective and shall be implemented only if the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration:(1) Determines that the voluntary enhanced identification and security features under this subchapter are necessary to ensure secure commerce and …

This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Emergency Contact Information System Act”.

The purpose of this subchapter is to create an emergency contact information system to assist law enforcement in notification of next of kin or other designated emergency contact of an eligible participant in times of emergency.

The Division of Arkansas State Police in conjunction with other entities, including without limitation the Department of Finance and Administration, may establish an emergency contact information system.

(1) As used in this subchapter, “emergency”:(1) Means a circumstance in which:(A) A person:(i) Sustains injuries that render him or her unable to independently communicate with emergency contacts; or(ii) Exhibits a symptom that renders him or her unable to independently communica…

(a) Information in an emergency contact information system shall be accessible only to law enforcement for emergency notification purposes or by a court order and shall not be used in a criminal investigation or for any other purpose. (b) Law enforcement may share information con…

The Division of Arkansas State Police, the Department of Finance and Administration, and any other entity that establishes an emergency contact information system may promulgate rules to implement and administer the purpose and intent of this subchapter.

(a) Participation in an emergency contact information system is voluntary. (b) A person who holds a valid Arkansas driver's license or identification card is eligible to participate in the system.

(a) Each participant has the exclusive responsibility for:(1) Initiating, entering, modifying, and deleting emergency contact records in an emergency contact information system; and(2) The accuracy and completeness of all information submitted. (1) Initiating, entering, modifying…

(a) In addition to any other penalties provided by the laws of this state and except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person who pleads guilty or nolo contendere to or has been found guilty of violating this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished…

(a) It is a misdemeanor for a person:(1) To display, or cause or permit to be displayed, or have in the person's possession a cancelled, revoked, suspended, fictitious, or fraudulently altered driver's license;(2) To knowingly assist or permit another person to apply for or obtai…

(a) (1) Any person whose driver's license or driving privilege as a resident or nonresident has been cancelled, suspended, or revoked as provided in this chapter and who drives any motor vehicle upon the highways of this state while the license or privilege is cancelled, suspende…

No person shall authorize or knowingly permit a motor vehicle owned by him or her or under his or her control to be driven upon any highway by any person who is not authorized under this chapter or is in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter.

No person shall cause or knowingly permit his or her child or ward under eighteen (18) years of age to drive a motor vehicle upon any highway when the minor is not authorized under this chapter or is in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter.

(a) Any person who makes any false affidavit, or knowingly swears or affirms falsely to any matter or thing required by the terms of this chapter to be sworn to or affirmed, is guilty of perjury. (b) Upon conviction, an offender shall be punishable by fine or imprisonment as othe…

(1) As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Commissioner” means the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration acting in his or her capacity as Commissioner of Motor Vehicles of this state;(2) “Director” means the Director of the Offi…

(a) There is established within the Department of Finance and Administration a separate office to be known as the “Office of Driver Services” which shall, acting under the direction and supervision of the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration, administer the p…

(a) The Office of Driver Services shall file every application for a license received by the Office of Driver Services and shall maintain suitable indices containing:(1) All applications denied and on each note the reasons for the denial;(2) All applications granted; and(3) The n…

(a) Whenever any person is convicted of any offense for which this chapter makes mandatory the revocation of the driver's license of the person by the Office of Driver Services, the court in which the conviction is obtained shall require the surrender to the court of all driver's…

The Office of Driver Services is authorized, upon receiving a record of the conviction in this state of a nonresident driver of a motor vehicle of any offense under the motor vehicle laws of this state, to forward a certified copy of the record to the motor vehicle administrator …

(1) When any person is declared incompetent by reason other than minority in any county in the State of Arkansas, the probate clerk of the circuit court shall promptly notify the Office of Driver Services on such forms as the Office of Driver Services shall prescribe:(1) The date…

(a) Whenever any person after applying for or receiving a driver's license shall move from the address named in the application or in the license issued to him or her or when the name of a licensee is changed by marriage or otherwise, the person shall within ten (10) days thereaf…

(a) (1) Any United States male citizen or immigrant who is at least eighteen (18) years of age but less than twenty-six (26) years of age shall be registered for the United States Selective Service System when applying to the Department of Finance and Administration for the issua…

(a) (1) The Office of Driver Services shall collect a reinstatement fee of one hundred dollars ($100) to be multiplied by the number of administrative orders to suspend, revoke, or cancel a driver's license, other than:(A) Orders eligible for reinstatement under § 5-65-119, § 5-6…

(a) (1) As used in this section, “reciprocal agreement” means the Driver License Agreement or a similar proposed compact regarding the uniform transfer of driver's license information to prevent a person from having multiple driving records in multiple states or jurisdictions.(2)…

(a) A licensee shall have his or her driver's license in his or her immediate possession at all times when operating a motor vehicle and shall display the driver's license upon demand of a justice of the peace, a peace officer, or an employee of the Office of Driver Services. (b)…

(a) No person, except those expressly exempted, shall drive any motor vehicle upon a highway in this state unless the person has a valid driver's license under the provisions of this chapter. (b) (1) No person shall receive a driver's license unless and until he or she surrenders…

(1) The following persons are exempt from licensing under this chapter:(1) A person who operates a motor vehicle for a military purpose:(A) While in the service of the:(i) United States Army, United States Air Force, United States Navy, United States Space Force, United States Co…

(a) The Office of Driver Services shall not issue any license under this chapter to any person:(1) As a noncommercial driver who is under eighteen (18) years of age, except that the Office of Driver Services may issue an intermediate license as provided to any person who is at le…

(a) No person shall rent a motor vehicle to any other person unless the latter person is then duly licensed under this chapter or, in the case of a nonresident, then duly licensed under the laws of the state or country of his or her residence, except a nonresident whose home stat…

(a) Within thirty (30) calendar days of becoming a resident, any person who is a resident of this state shall obtain an Arkansas driver's license in order to drive upon the streets and highways of this state. (b) Any nonresident who has been physically present in this state for a…

(a) (1) Every application for an instruction permit or for a commercial or noncommercial driver's license shall be made upon a form furnished by the Office of Driver Services, and every application shall be accompanied by the required fee.(2) The commercial driver's license or no…

(a) (1) (A) The original application of any person under eighteen (18) years of age applying to take the driver's license examination or applying for an instruction permit, a learner's license, an intermediate driver's license, or a motor-driven cycle or motorcycle license, shall…

(a) Any person who has signed the application of a minor for a license may thereafter file with the Office of Driver Services a verified written request that the license of the minor so granted be cancelled. (b) The Office of Driver Services shall cancel the license of the minor,…