Browse Arkansas Code titles and sections
14-2-204. Municipal police department records.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
14-2-204. Municipal police department records.
(a) All municipalities of the State of Arkansas shall maintain records for the city or town police department or marshal's office, if the records are currently being maintained, as follows:
(1) Maintain for seven (7) years after closure of the case file or permanently, as the municipality shall determine, provided that §§ 12-12-104 and 14-2-203(b)(1) are complied with and that records related to crimes of violence as defined by § 5-42-203 are maintained permanently:
(A) Closed municipal police case files for felony and Class A misdemeanor offenses; and
(B) Expungement orders of municipal police cases; and
(2) Maintain for three (3) years:
(A) Accident reports;
(B) Incident reports;
(C) Offense reports;
(D) Fine and bond records;
(E) Parking meter records;
(F) Radio logs and complaint cards; and
(G) Employment records, payroll sheets, time cards, and leave requests.
(b)(1) If maintained for more than ten (10) years after the date the record was created, records under subdivision (a)(1) of this section may be copied and maintained in accordance with § 14-2-203.
(2) Records under subdivision (a)(2) of this section may be copied in accordance with § 14-2-203 or are subject to disposal after the specified time period has passed.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-2-204
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. A text match is a research starting point; applicability is not established.
Issuing source page ↗
Authority boundary: historical statutory source snapshot not current law.
Open the recorded source website ↗
Record provenance
Stable record: arkansas_code:legal_authorities:14-2-204
Source file: gov.ar.code.title.14.odt
Pages: Not recorded – Not recorded
Passage SHA-256: 042957b6e754e88743dcf9a601427c45326e9c4400977ceb7488935a1221e4a9
Source location: content.xml paragraph 455
Stored source content
14-2-204. Municipal police department records.
(a) All municipalities of the State of Arkansas shall maintain records for the city or town police department or marshal's office, if the records are currently being maintained, as follows:
(1) Maintain for seven (7) years after closure of the case file or permanently, as the municipality shall determine, provided that §§ 12-12-104 and 14-2-203(b)(1) are complied with and that records related to crimes of violence as defined by § 5-42-203 are maintained permanently:
(A) Closed municipal police case files for felony and Class A misdemeanor offenses; and
(B) Expungement orders of municipal police cases; and
(2) Maintain for three (3) years:
(A) Accident reports;
(B) Incident reports;
(C) Offense reports;
(D) Fine and bond records;
(E) Parking meter records;
(F) Radio logs and complaint cards; and
(G) Employment records, payroll sheets, time cards, and leave requests.
(b)(1) If maintained for more than ten (10) years after the date the record was created, records under subdivision (a)(1) of this section may be copied and maintained in accordance with § 14-2-203.
(2) Records under subdivision (a)(2) of this section may be copied in accordance with § 14-2-203 or are subject to disposal after the specified time period has passed.
Cross-references
Connections may be documented source relationships, shared citations or nearby passages. Each explains its basis; a connection alone does not establish applicability to your situation.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
12-12-104. Physical evidence in sex offense or violent offense prosecutions — Retention and disposition — Definitions.
(a) In a prosecution for a sex offense or a violent offense, the law enforcement agency shall preserve, subject to a continuous chain of custody, any physical evidence secured in relation to a trial and sufficient official documentation to locate that evidence.
(b)(1) After a trial resulting in conviction, the evidence shall be impounded and securely retained by a law enforcement agency.
(2) Retention shall be the greater of:
(A) Permanent following any conviction for a violent offense;
(B) For twenty-five (25) years following any conviction for a sex offense; and
(C) For seven (7) years following any conviction for any other felony for which the defendant's genetic profile may be taken by a law enforcement agency and submitted for comparison to the State DNA Data Base for unsolved offenses.
(c) After a conviction is entered, the prosecuting attorney or law enforcement agency having custody of the evidence may petition the court with notice to the defendant for entry of an order allowing disposition of the evidence if, after a hearing and a reasonable period of time in which to respond, the court determines by a preponderance of the evidence that:
(1) The evidence has no significant value for forensic analysis and must be returned to its rightful owner; or
(2) The evidence has no significant value for forensic analysis and is of a size, bulk, or physical character not usually retained by the law enforcement agency and cannot practicably be retained by the agency.
(d) The court may order the disposition of the evidence if the defendant is allowed the opportunity to take reasonable measures to remove or preserve portions of the evidenc
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-12-104
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 12-12-104. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
14-2-203. Disposal, etc., of copied records.
(a) Whenever reproductions of public records have been made in accordance with § 14-2-201 and have been placed in conveniently accessible files or other suitable format and provision has been made for preserving, examining, and using them, the head of a county office or department or city office or department may certify those facts to the county court or to the mayor of a municipality, respectively, who shall have the power to authorize the disposal, archival storage, or destruction of the records.
(b) Cities of the first class, cities of the second class, and incorporated towns may by ordinance declare a policy of record retention and disposal, provided that:
(1) The city or town complies with any specific statute regarding municipal records; and
(2) The following records are maintained permanently in either the original or electronic format as required by law:
(A) Ordinances;
(B) City council minutes;
(C) Resolutions;
(D) Annual financial audits; and
(E) Year-end financial statements.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-2-203
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 14-2-203. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
5-42-203. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Conducts” means initiating or concluding, or participating in initiating or concluding, a transaction;
(2) “Contraband” means any funds or property or monetary instrument that is criminal proceeds or that was otherwise used with the knowledge and consent of the owner to facilitate a violation of this subchapter, as well as any related record and any other article possessed under circumstances prohibited by law;
(3) “Crime of pecuniary gain” means any violation of Arkansas law that results, or was intended to result, in the defendant receiving income, benefit, property, money, or anything of value;
(4) “Crime of violence” means any violation of Arkansas law in which a person purposely or knowingly causes, or threatens to cause, death or physical injury to another person, specifically including rape;
(5) “Criminal proceeds” means:
(A) Anything of value furnished or intended to be furnished in exchange for criminal conduct or contraband received in violation of state or federal law; and
(B) Property or profits traceable to an exchange described in this subdivision (5);
(6) “Monetary instrument” means any:
(A) Coin or currency of the United States or of any other country; and
(B) Traveler's check, personal check, bank check, money order, investment security in bearer form or otherwise in such form that title to the investment security passes upon delivery, and negotiable instrument in bearer form or otherwise in such form that title to the negotiable instrument passes upon delivery;
(7) “Predicate criminal offense” means any violation of Arkansas law that is a crime of violence or crime of pecuniary gain; and
(8)(A) “Transaction” means any acquisition or disposition of property by any means, in
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 5-42-203
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 5-42-203. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.