Ark. Code Ann. § 17-25-502 (2026)

As used in this subchapter:

1. “Home improvement contractor” means any person, firm, partnership, copartnership, association, corporation, or other organization or any combination that attempts to or submits a bid or contracts, undertakes, or assumes charge in a supervisory capacity or otherwise manages the reconstruction, alteration, renovation, repair, modification, improvement, removal, demolition, or addition to any preexisting single family residence or the property and structures appurtenant thereto;
2. “Residential building contractor” means any person, firm, partnership, copartnership, association, corporation, or other organization or any combination, which for a fixed price, commission, fee, or wage, attempts to or submits a bid to construct or contract or undertakes to construct or assumes charge in a supervisory capacity or otherwise manages the construction of a single family residence or the property and structures appurtenant thereto; and
3. “Single family residence” means any project consisting of at least one (1) but not more than four (4) units of new construction for residential occupancy.

History. Acts 1999, No. 950, § 1; 2011, No. 1208, § 2; 2017, No. 252, § 4; 2019, No. 386, §§ 13, 14.

Amendments. The 2011 amendment substituted “Residential Contractors Committee” for “Residential Building Contractors Committee” in (1); inserted present (2) and redesignated the remaining subdivisions accordingly; substituted “residence or the property and structures appurtenant thereto” for “residences” in (3); and, at the end of (4), deleted “when the cost of the project is twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) or more” and the last sentence.

The 2017 amendment substituted “As used in this subchapter:” for “For purposes of this subchapter” in the introductory language.

The 2019 amendment deleted former (1); and inserted “at least” in (4) (now (3)).