Arkansas Code Annotated

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-913 (2026)

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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 background checks.
3. Registration records shall be open to the Division of Medical Services of the Department of Human Services for Medicaid provider applicants under § 12-12-927.
In accordance with guidelines promulgated by the Sex Offender Assessment Committee, local law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction shall disclose relevant and necessary information regarding sex offenders to the public when the disclosure of such information is necessary for public protection.
1. 1. The Sex Offender Assessment Committee shall promulgate guidelines and procedures for the disclosure of relevant and necessary information regarding sex offenders to the public when the release of the information is necessary for public protection.
  2. In developing the guidelines and procedures, the Sex Offender Assessment Committee shall consult with persons who, by experience or training, have a personal interest or professional expertise in law enforcement, crime prevention, victim advocacy, criminology, psychology, parole, public education, and community relations.
2. 1. The guidelines and procedures shall identify factors relevant to a sex offender's future dangerousness and likelihood of reoffense or threat to the community.
  2. The guidelines and procedures shall also address the extent of the information to be disclosed and the scope of the community to whom disclosure shall be made as these factors relate to the:
    1. Level of the sex offender's dangerousness;
    2. Sex offender's pattern of offending behavior; and
    3. Need of community members for information to enhance their individual and collective safety.
3. The Sex Offender Assessment Committee shall submit the proposed guidelines and procedures to the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor for their review and shall report to the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor every six (6) months on the implementation of this section.
1. A local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction that decides to disclose information pursuant to this section shall make a good faith effort to notify the public and residents at least fourteen (14) days before a sex offender is released or placed into the community.
2. If a change occurs in a sex offender's release plan, this notification provision shall not require an extension of the release date.
3. In conjunction with the notice provided under § 12-12-914, the Division of Correction and the Department of Human Services shall make available to a local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction all information that the Division of Correction and the Department of Human Services have concerning the sex offender, including information on risk factors in the sex offender's history.
1. A local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction that decides to disclose information under this section shall make a good faith effort to conceal the identity of the victim or victims of the sex offender's offense.
2. Except as provided in subsection (j) of this section, information under this section is not subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq.
A local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction may continue to disclose information on a sex offender under this section for as long as the sex offender is required to be registered under this subchapter.
1. The State Board of Education and the Career Education and Workforce Development Board shall promulgate guidelines for the disclosure to students and parents of information regarding a sex offender when such information is released to a local school district or institution of vocational training by a local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction.
2. The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall promulgate guidelines for the disclosure to students of information regarding a sex offender when information regarding a sex offender is released to an institution of higher education by a local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction.
3. In accordance with guidelines promulgated by the State Board of Education, the board of directors of a local school district or institution of vocational training shall adopt a written policy regarding the distribution to students and parents of information regarding a sex offender.
4. In accordance with guidelines promulgated by the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the board of directors of an institution of higher education shall adopt a written policy regarding the distribution to students of information regarding a sex offender.
Nothing in this section shall prevent a law enforcement officer from notifying members of the public about a person who may pose a danger to the public for a reason that is not enumerated in this subchapter.
The medical records or treatment evaluations of a sex offender or sexually dangerous person are not subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq.
1. 1. The following information concerning a sex offender registered under this subchapter who is classified as a Level 3 or Level 4 offender by the Community Notification Assessment shall be made public:
    1. The sex offender's complete name, as well as any alias;
    2. The sex offender's date of birth;
    3. Any sex offense to which the sex offender has pleaded guilty or nolo contendere or of which the sex offender has been found guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction;
    4. The street name and block number, county, city, and zip code where the sex offender resides;
    5. The sex offender's race and gender;
    6. The date of the last address verification of the sex offender provided to the Arkansas Crime Information Center;
    7. The most recent photograph of the sex offender that has been submitted to the center;
    8. The sex offender's parole or probation office;
    9. The street name and block number, county, city, and zip code where the sex offender is employed;
    10. Any institution of higher education in which the sex offender is enrolled;
    11. The vehicle identification number and license plate number of any vehicle the sex offender owns or operates; and
    12. A physical description of the sex offender.
  2. If a sex offender registered under this subchapter was eighteen (18) years of age or older at the time of the commission of the sex offense that required registration under this subchapter and the victim of the sex offense was fourteen (14) years of age or younger and the sex offender is classified as a Level 2 offender by the Community Notification Assessment, the following information concerning the registered sex offender shall be made public:
    1. The sex offender's complete name, as well as any alias;
    2. The sex offender's date of birth;
    3. Any sex offense to which the sex offender has pleaded guilty or nolo contendere or of which the sex offender has been found guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction;
    4. The street name and block number, county, city, and zip code where the sex offender resides;
    5. The sex offender's race and gender;
    6. The date of the last address verification of the sex offender provided to the center;
    7. The most recent photograph of the sex offender that has been submitted to the center;
    8. The sex offender's parole or probation office;
    9. The street name and block number, county, city, and zip code where the sex offender is employed;
    10. Any institution of higher education in which the sex offender is enrolled;
    11. The vehicle identification number and license plate number of any vehicle the sex offender owns or operates; and
    12. A physical description of the sex offender.
  3. The center shall prepare and place the information described in subdivisions (j)(1)(A) and (B) of this section on the internet home page of the State of Arkansas.
2. The center may promulgate any rules necessary to implement and administer this subsection.
This subchapter shall not be interpreted to prohibit the posting on the internet or by other appropriate means of offender fact sheets or the physical description of the sex offender for those sex offenders who are determined to be:
1. High-risk or sexually dangerous persons, risk Level 3 and Level 4; or
2. In noncompliance with the requirements of registration under rules promulgated by the Sex Offender Assessment Committee.

History. Acts 1997, No. 989, § 13; 1999, No. 1353, § 8; 2001, No. 1743, § 10; 2003, No. 330, §§ 1, 2; 2003 (2nd Ex. Sess.), No. 21, § 6; 2005, No. 1962, § 35; 2007, No. 147, § 1; 2007, No. 394, § 7; 2009, No. 165, § 7; 2013, No. 505, §§ 11–14; 2013, No. 508, §§ 10, 11; 2013, No. 1504, § 1; 2017, No. 916, §§ 8, 9; 2019, No. 315, § 864; 2019, No. 910, § 716.

A.C.R.C. Notes. As enacted by Acts 2003, No. 330, § 2, subsection (j) began:

“Beginning on September 1, 2003.”

As enacted by Acts 2003, No. 330, § 2, subdivision (j)(1)(B) ended with:

“before January 1, 2004”.

Amendments. The 2005 amendment inserted “for reasons” in (h).

The 2009 amendment deleted (j)(1)(C)(ii).

The 2013 amendment by No. 505 substituted “dangerous person” for “violent predator” in (i); substituted “Community Notification Assessment” for “Sex Offender Screening and Risk Assessment” in (j)(1)(A) and (j)(1)(B); and substituted “dangerous persons” for “violent predators” in (k)(1).

The 2013 amendment by No. 508 added (j)(1)(A)(ix) through (j)(1)(A)(xi) and (j)(1)(B)(ix) through (j)(1)(B)(xi).

The 2013 amendment by No. 1504 added (a)(3).

The 2017 amendment substituted “a sex offender registered under this subchapter” for “a registered sex offender” in the introductory language of (j)(1)(A) and the introductory language of (j)(1)(B); added (j)(1)(A)(xii); deleted “registered” preceding “sex offender” and “sex offender's” in the introductory language of (j)(1)(B) and throughout (j)(1)(B)(i) through (j)(1)(B)(viii); added (j)(1)(B)(xii); and, in (k), substituted “This subchapter shall not” for “Nothing in this subchapter shall” and inserted “or the physical description of the sex offender”.

The 2019 amendment by No. 315 deleted “and regulations” following “rules” in (k)(2).

The 2019 amendment by No. 910 substituted “Division of Correction” for “Department of Correction” twice in (d)(3).

Cross References. Registered offender living near school, public park, youth center, or daycare prohibited, § 5-14-128.

Research References

U. Ark. Little Rock L. Rev.

Survey of Legislation, 2003 Arkansas General Assembly, Law Enforcement and Emergency Management, Sex Offender Registration, 26 U. Ark. Little Rock L. Rev. 427.

Case Notes

Sufficiency of Evidence.

Under this section and §§ 12-12-917 and 12-12-922, the evidence supported the sex offender's Level 2 assessment where his victim was outside the home and a Level 1 assessment only required notification inside the home and to local law enforcement, which was insufficient; the offender also indicated refusal to participate in sex-offender treatment. Gwaltney v. Sex Offender Assessment Comm., 2009 Ark. App. 668 (2009).

Circuit court's reduction of defendant's sex-offender notification level from Level 2 to Level 1 was reversed, because the agency decision setting notification at a Level 2 was supported by substantial evidence where the victim was outside defendant's home. State Sex Offender Risk Assessment Comm. v. Wallace, 2013 Ark. App. 654 (2013).

Cited: Ark. Dep't of Corr. Sex Offender Screening & Risk Assessment v. Claybaugh, 93 Ark. App. 11, 216 S.W.3d 134 (2005); Burchette v. Sex Offender Screening & Risk Assessment Comm., 374 Ark. 467, 288 S.W.3d 614 (2008); Parkman v. Sex Offender Screening & Risk Assessment Comm., 2009 Ark. 205, 307 S.W.3d 6 (2009).

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 9 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1999–2023 · leading case: Parkman v. Sex Offender Screening & Risk Assessment Comm., 307 S.W.3d 6 (Ark. 2009).

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Parkman v. Sex Offender Screening & Risk Assessment Comm., 307 S.W.3d 6 (Ark. 2009). · cites it 8× “” Ark.Code Ann. § 12-12-913(b)(1) (Supp.1997).”

Kellar v. Fayetteville Police Dep't, 5 S.W.3d 402 (Ark. 1999). · cites it 3× “Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-904 (b). Moreover, the information an offender is required to give is not subject to disclosure under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act, Ark.”

Doe, SORB No. 380316 v. Sex Offender Registry Bd., 473 Mass. 297 (Mass. 2015). “See Ark. Code Ann. §§ 12-12-913 , 12-12-917, 12-12-922 (2015); Cal.”

Lenard v. Kelley, 2017 Ark. 186 (Ark. 2017). · cites it 2× “3d 614, 616 (2008) (citing Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-913 (c)(2)(B)). Thus, classification as a level three offender is part of a civil regulatory system, that involves a determination of the scope of community notification, as well as the placement of work and residency limitations…”

Burchette v. Sex Offender Screening & Risk Assessment Comm., 288 S.W.3d 614 (Ark. 2008). · cites it 3× “§ 12-12-913(c)(2)(A). The regulations are required to set forth the extent of information to be made public, depending on the offender’s level of dangerousness, pattern of offending behavior, and the extent to which the information will enhance public safety.”

State of Ark. Sex Offender Risk Assessment Comm. v. Wallace, 2013 Ark. App. 654 (Ark. Ct. App. 2013). · cites it 2× “Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-913 (c)(2)(B) (Repl.”

Arkansas Dep't of Corr. Sex Offender Screening & Risk Assessment v. Claybaugh, 216 S.W.3d 134 (Ark. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 4× “See Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-913 . 2 In the present case, a “risk assessment and offender profile report” signed by George K.”

Jones v. Payne (W.D. Ark. 2023). · cites it 2× “3d at 1012 (quoting Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-913 (c)(1)(A)). The SORA Act provides that the SOAC “shall cause an assessment to be conducted .”

Powell v. Keel (2021). “2020); Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-913 (j)(1)(C) (2016 & Supp.”

— Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-913(b)(1) — 1 case

Parkman v. Sex Offender Screening & Risk Assessment Comm., 307 S.W.3d 6 (Ark. 2009). “” Ark.Code Ann. § 12-12-913(b)(1) (Supp.1997).”

— Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-913(c)(2) — 1 case

Parkman v. Sex Offender Screening & Risk Assessment Comm., 307 S.W.3d 6 (Ark. 2009). “” Ark.Code Ann. § 12-12-913(b)(1) (Supp.1997).”

— Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-913(c)(2)(A) — 1 case

Burchette v. Sex Offender Screening & Risk Assessment Comm., 288 S.W.3d 614 (Ark. 2008). “§ 12-12-913(c)(2)(A). The regulations are required to set forth the extent of information to be made public, depending on the offender’s level of dangerousness, pattern of offending behavior, and the extent to which the information will enhance public safety.”

— Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-913(c)(2)(B) — 1 case

— Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-913(c)(l)(A) — 1 case

— Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-913(j)(l)(A) — 1 case

Parkman v. Sex Offender Screening & Risk Assessment Comm., 307 S.W.3d 6 (Ark. 2009). “” Ark.Code Ann. § 12-12-913(b)(1) (Supp.1997).”

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