Title 12, Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs

Any person violating any provision of this subchapter shall be guilty of a violation and shall be fined in any amount not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).

(a) All physicians, surgeons, hospitals, druggists, or other persons or entities that render first aid treatment to a person shall report as provided in subsection (b) of this section if they treat or receive in the hospital a case of a:(1) Knife or gunshot wound when the knife o…

(a) The report shall be made immediately upon the nature of the injury being ascertained, shall be by telephone if possible and practicable, otherwise by writing, and shall contain the name, age, sex, race, and location of the person so injured, together with names of persons bri…

Notwithstanding the provisions of the Polygraph Examiners Licensing Act, § 17-39-101 et seq., all law enforcement agencies in this state are authorized to use a psychological stress evaluation instrument to test or question individuals for the purpose of determining and verifying…

(1) Prior to administering any psychological evaluation tests, the person to whom the test is administered must be warned prior to any questioning that:(1) He or she has a right to remain silent;(2) Anything he or she says can be used against him or her in a court of law;(3) He o…

No psychological stress evaluation shall be given to any person under eighteen (18) years of age without first having received written authorization from the parent or guardian of the individual.

The results of any such examination as provided in this subchapter shall be inadmissible in all courts in this state.

(a) When either a law enforcement officer or the Attorney General is notified by the parents, guardian, or other person having custody of a child that the child is missing, the law enforcement officer or the Attorney General shall:(1) Ensure that the missing child information is …

(a) When the Division of Vital Records of the Department of Health receives a request for the birth certificate of a child who has been reported missing pursuant to this subchapter, the division shall within five (5) business days after receipt of the inquiry notify the law enfor…

(a) When a school receives a request for the records of a child who has been reported missing, the school shall, within five (5) business days, excluding days when the school is closed, after receipt of the inquiry, notify the law enforcement officer or the Attorney General and f…

This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Sex Offender Registration Act of 1997”.

The General Assembly finds that sex offenders pose a high risk of reoffending after release from custody, that protecting the public from sex offenders is a primary governmental interest, that the privacy interest of persons adjudicated guilty of sex offenses is less important th…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Adjudication of guilt” or other words of similar import mean a:(A) Plea of guilty;(B) Plea of nolo contendere;(C) Negotiated plea;(D) Finding of guilt by a judge; or(E) Finding of guilt by a jury;(2) (A) “Administration of criminal justice” mea…

(a) (1) (A) A person is guilty of a Class C felony who:(i) Fails to register or verify registration as required under this subchapter;(ii) Fails to report in person a change of address, employment, education, or training as required under this subchapter;(iii) Refuses to cooperat…

(a) The registration or registration verification requirements of this subchapter apply to a person who:(1) Is adjudicated guilty on or after August 1, 1997, of a sex offense, aggravated sex offense, or sexually violent offense;(2) Is serving a sentence of incarceration, probatio…

(a) (1) (A) (i) At the time of adjudication of guilt, the sentencing court shall enter on the sentencing order that the offender is required to register as a sex offender and shall indicate whether the: (a) Offense is an aggravated sex offense; (b) Sex offender has been adjudicat…

(a) (1) Within three (3) days after registering or updating the registration file of a sex offender, the Division of Correction, the Division of Community Correction, the Department of Human Services, the sentencing court, or the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction s…

(a) The Director of the Arkansas Crime Information Center shall prepare the format for registration as required in subsection (b) of this section and shall provide instructions for registration to each organized full-time municipal police department, county sheriff's office, the …

(a) (1) A sex offender required to register under this subchapter shall verify registration in person every six (6) months after the sex offender's initial registration date during the period of time in which the sex offender is required to register.(2) (A) (i) The verification s…

(a) The sentencing court shall assess at the time of sentencing a mandatory fine of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) on any person who is required to register under this subchapter. (b) (1) A person who relocates to this state and was convicted of an offense in another state that…

(a) There is established on the books of the Treasurer of State, the Auditor of State, and the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State a fund to be known as the “Sex Offenders Registration Fund”. (b) (1) This fund shall consist of special revenues collected pursuant to § 12-12-910, the…

(a) In order for a sex offender to be charged with the commission of a violation of this subchapter so that an arrest warrant may be issued, the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction shall notify the prosecutor when the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction …

(a) (1) Registration records maintained pursuant to this subchapter shall be open to any criminal justice agency in this state, the United States, or any other state.(2) Registration records may also be open to government agencies authorized by law to conduct confidential backgro…

(a) (1) The Division of Correction shall provide notice by written or electronic means to the Arkansas Crime Information Center of the anticipated release from incarceration in a county or state penal institution of a person serving a sentence for a sex offense.(2) The Department…

(a) The Division of Correction, the Division of Community Correction, the Department of Human Services, the Administrative Office of the Courts, and the Arkansas Crime Information Center shall promulgate rules to establish procedures for:(1) Notifying the sex offender of the obli…

The Office of Driver Services of the Department of Finance and Administration shall provide notice of the obligation to register pursuant to this subchapter in connection with each driver's license issued pursuant to § 27-16-801 and each identification card issued pursuant to § 2…

(a) (1) The Sex Offender Assessment Committee shall develop an evaluation protocol for preparing reports to assist courts in making determinations whether or not a person adjudicated guilty of a sex offense should be considered a sexually dangerous person for purposes of this sub…

(a) (1) In order to classify a person as a sexually dangerous person, a prosecutor may allege on the face of an information that the prosecutor is seeking a determination that the defendant is a sexually dangerous person.(2) (A) If the defendant is adjudicated guilty, the court s…

(a) Lifetime registration is required for a sex offender who:(1) Was found to have committed an aggravated sex offense;(2) Was determined by the court to be or assessed as a Level 4 sexually dangerous person;(3) Has pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to or been found guilty of a s…

(a) Public officials, public employees, and public agencies are immune from civil liability for good faith conduct under this subchapter. (b) Nothing in this subchapter shall be deemed to impose any liability upon or to give rise to a cause of action against any public official, …

(a) The Sex Offender Assessment Committee shall consist of nine (9) members as follows:(1) The Governor shall appoint, subject to confirmation by the Senate:(A) One (1) member who is a criminal defense attorney;(B) One (1) member who is a prosecuting attorney;(C) One (1) member w…

(a) (1) The alternative procedure under this section may be used for sexually dangerous person evaluations if information that was not available to the court at the time of trial emerges in the course of a sex offender evaluation.(2) (A) Examiners qualified by the Sex Offender As…

(a) (1) Upon release from incarceration, a sex offender determined to be a sexually dangerous person whose crime was committed after April 7, 2006, is subject to electronic monitoring for a period of not less than ten (10) years from the date of the sex offender's release.(2) Wit…

(a) A local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction where an out-of-state sex offender is moving or has moved may make immediate disclosure of the sex offender's registration in another state before the completion of a sex offender assessment assigning a community notification…

(a) A sex offender who is required to register under this subchapter must report in person at least twenty-one (21) days before traveling outside of the United States to the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction that he or she intends to travel outside of the United St…

(a) The Department of Finance and Administration may release to a law enforcement officer or agency information contained in a person's motor vehicle record if:(1) The information is required for the law enforcement officer or agency to comply with this subchapter; and(2) The use…

If a court has entered an order requiring a person to register as a sex offender or if the person is listed in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Sex Offender Registry, the United States Department of Justice Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Website, or both, t…

A person required to register as a sex offender under this subchapter and who has been assessed as a Level 3 or Level 4 sex offender shall be notified at his or her assessment that he or she is prohibited from recording a person under fourteen (14) years of age under § 5-14-137.

(a) As used in this section, “position of public trust” means a position that:(1) Is in a public agency that provides public safety services, including without limitation a fire department, law enforcement agency, or emergency medical services agency; and(2) As part of the ordina…

This subchapter shall be known as the “Fire Prevention Act”.

All mayors, members of fire departments, and peace officers shall be ex officio deputies to the Director of the Division of Arkansas State Police. They shall be subject to the duties and obligations imposed by law in fire prevention and in the investigation of the cause, origin, …

(a) (1) The deputies to the Director of the Division of Arkansas State Police shall investigate each fire causing loss of life or damage to property within their jurisdiction to determine if the fire was caused by negligence or design.(2) If it appears that a fire is of suspiciou…

(a) When the Director of the Division of Arkansas State Police or any officer or deputy has reason to believe that a crime or other offense has been committed in connection with any fire, the director or his or her deputy may conduct an inquiry in relation thereto. (b) The inquir…

Any officer of the Department of Arkansas State Police may serve any order, notice, or process issued under the authority of this subchapter. The officer may make a return of service in the same manner as required by law for the return of service of process by a county sheriff of…

(a) (1) No act taken by the Director of the Division of Arkansas State Police shall affect the rights of any policy holder or of any insurance company with regard to a loss by reason of any fire which the director has investigated.(2) The result of any investigation shall not be …

(a) Before January 1, 2025, the Arkansas Fire Prevention Code shall not require an educational facility, also known as a Group E occupancy, to have a storm shelter that has an occupant capacity that exceeds the total occupant load of the classrooms, vocational rooms, and offices.…