Arkansas Code Annotated
Ark. Code Ann. § 16-46-306 (2026)
Admissibility of copies and affidavits
✓ current as of May 2026
The copy of the record shall be admissible in evidence to the same extent as though the original record was offered and the custodian had been present and testified to the matters stated in the affidavit.
History. Acts 1981, No. 255, § 6; A.S.A. 1947, § 28-941.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2002–2022 · leading case: Hopkins v. Arkansas Dep't of Human Servs., 83 S.W.3d 418 (Ark. Ct. App. 2002).
Hopkins v. Arkansas Dep't of Human Servs., 83 S.W.3d 418 (Ark. Ct. App. 2002). “Ark. Code Ann. § 16-46-306 (Repl. 1999). In interpreting the Act, and contrary to appellant’s argument that the Act does not create an exception to the rule against admission of hearsay, the Arkansas Supreme Court has in effect stated that the Act is such an exception.”
Elizabeth Garner v. Arkansas Dep't of Human Servs. & Minor Child, 2020 Ark. App. 328 (Ark. Ct. App. 2020). “The Hospital Records Act, codified at Ark. Code Ann. § 16-46-306 (1999), provides that a copy of a medical record shall be admissible in evidence to the same extent as though the original record was offered and the custodian had been present and testified to the matters stated…”
Jack Bennett & Cindy Bennett v. Wiley B. Ballow, 2022 Ark. App. 311 (Ark. Ct. App. 2022). “2021) & § 16-46-306 (Repl. 1999) (authenticity);see also Ark.”
Discover Bank v. POMMELL, 286 S.W.3d 735 (Ark. Ct. App. 2008). “2d 660 (1999) (holding that the Hospital Records Act, Ark. Code Ann. § 16-46-306 , is such an exception).”
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