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27-14-412. Records.
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27-14-412. Records.
(a)(1) All records of the Office of Motor Vehicle, other than those declared by law to be confidential for the use of the office, shall be open to public inspection during office hours.
(2) The use of lists or other aggregations of compilations of motor vehicle registration information is restricted to safety recall notification programs involving motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment, other federal and state agency programs, research and statistics involving motor vehicles in which individual identities are not published, disclosed, or for any other purpose authorized by the Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994, 18 U.S.C. § 2721 et seq., as it existed on January 1, 2015.
(3) Motor vehicle registration information shall not be sold, furnished, or used for solicitation purposes.
(b)(1) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration and such officers of the office as the secretary may designate are authorized to prepare under the seal of the office and deliver upon request a certified copy of any record of the office or a noncertified electronic copy of any record of the office.
(2) A fee of one dollar ($1.00) shall be charged for each certified record authenticated.
(3) Every certified copy shall be admissible in any proceeding in any court in like manner as the original.
(4)(A) A party requesting a noncertified electronic record shall execute a written agreement with the Department of Finance and Administration that includes the following provisions:
(i) An acknowledgment that the party requesting a record shall comply with all state and federal limits on the use of those records; and
(ii) An agreement that the party seeking to obtain records shall hold harmless and indemnify the department for any money damag
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27-14-412. Records.
(a)(1) All records of the Office of Motor Vehicle, other than those declared by law to be confidential for the use of the office, shall be open to public inspection during office hours.
(2) The use of lists or other aggregations of compilations of motor vehicle registration information is restricted to safety recall notification programs involving motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment, other federal and state agency programs, research and statistics involving motor vehicles in which individual identities are not published, disclosed, or for any other purpose authorized by the Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994, 18 U.S.C. § 2721 et seq., as it existed on January 1, 2015.
(3) Motor vehicle registration information shall not be sold, furnished, or used for solicitation purposes.
(b)(1) The Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration and such officers of the office as the secretary may designate are authorized to prepare under the seal of the office and deliver upon request a certified copy of any record of the office or a noncertified electronic copy of any record of the office.
(2) A fee of one dollar ($1.00) shall be charged for each certified record authenticated.
(3) Every certified copy shall be admissible in any proceeding in any court in like manner as the original.
(4)(A) A party requesting a noncertified electronic record shall execute a written agreement with the Department of Finance and Administration that includes the following provisions:
(i) An acknowledgment that the party requesting a record shall comply with all state and federal limits on the use of those records; and
(ii) An agreement that the party seeking to obtain records shall hold harmless and indemnify the department for any money damages, punitive damages, criminal fines, civil penalties, court costs, and attorney's fees awarded to any person or entity by any state or federal court or by the Arkansas State Claims Commission resulting from any disclosure by the party of motor vehicle information that is contrary to state or federal law.
(B) A fee of not less than twenty dollars and fifty cents ($20.50) nor more than thirty dollars ($30.00) per one thousand (1,000) records shall be charged for electronic records.
(c) The secretary may destroy any records of the office that have been maintained on file for five (5) years that the secretary considers obsolete and of no further service in carrying out the powers and duties of the office.
(d) All fees collected under this section shall be deposited into the State Central Services Fund for the benefit of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration.
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Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
**(a) In General.—** A State department of motor vehicles, and any officer, employee, or contractor thereof, shall not knowingly disclose or otherwise make available to any person or entity:
(1) personal information, as defined in [18 U.S.C. 2725(3)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section2725/3&num=0&edition=prelim), about any individual obtained by the department in connection with a motor vehicle record, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section; or
(2) highly restricted personal information, as defined in [18 U.S.C. 2725(4)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section2725/4&num=0&edition=prelim), about any individual obtained by the department in connection with a motor vehicle record, without the express consent of the person to whom such information applies, except uses permitted in subsections (b)(1), (b)(4), (b)(6), and (b)(9): Provided, That subsection (a)(2) shall not in any way affect the use of organ donation information on an individual’s driver’s license or affect the administration of organ donation initiatives in the States.
**(b) Permissible Uses.—** Personal information referred to in subsection (a) shall be disclosed for use in connection with matters of motor vehicle or driver safety and theft, motor vehicle emissions, motor vehicle product alterations, recalls, or advisories, performance monitoring of motor vehicles and dealers by motor vehicle manufacturers, and removal of non-owner records from the original owner records of motor vehicle manufacturers to carry out the purposes of titles I and IV of the Anti Car Theft Act of 1992, the Automobile Information Disclosure Act ([15 U.S.C. 1231](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1
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TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
§ 2713
shall accrue on the date upon which the claim-
ant first has a reasonable opportunity to dis-
cover the violation.
(3) Any action under this section shall be tried
to the court without a jury.
(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, the procedures set forth in section 106(f),
305(g), or 405(f) of the Foreign Intelligence Sur-
veillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) shall
be the exclusive means by which materials gov-
erned by those sections may be reviewed.
(5) An amount equal to any award against the
United States under this section shall be reim-
bursed by the department or agency concerned
to the fund described in section 1304 of title 31,
United States Code, out of any appropriation,
fund, or other account (excluding any part of
such appropriation, fund, or account that is
available for the enforcement of any Federal
law) that is available for the operating expenses
of the department or agency concerned.
(c) ADMINISTRATIVE DISCIPLINE.—If a court or
appropriate department or agency determines
that the United States or any of its departments
or agencies has violated any provision of this
chapter, and the court or appropriate depart-
ment or agency finds that the circumstances
surrounding the violation raise serious ques-
tions about whether or not an officer or em-
ployee of the United States acted willfully or in-
tentionally with respect to the violation, the de-
partment or agency shall, upon receipt of a true
and correct copy of the decision and findings of
the court or appropriate department or agency
promptly initiate a proceeding to determine
whether disciplinary action against the officer
or employee is warranted. If the head of the de-
partment or agency involved d
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