{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-12-12-929","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-929","heading":"Registered offender prohibited from holding position of public trust - Definition","body":"(a) As used in this section, \"position of public trust\" means a position that: (1) Is in a public agency that provides public safety services, including without limitation a fire department, law enforcement agency, or emergency medical services agency; and (2) As part of the ordinary course of the duties of the position, requires a person holding the position to have direct physical contact with or come within the immediate vicinity of a member of the public outside of the building in which the public agency is located. (b) A sex offender who is required to register under this subchapter and who has been assessed as a Level 2, Level 3, or Level 4 offender may not hold a position of public trust. Added by Act 2019, No. 987,§ 1, eff. 7/24/2019.\n\n(a) As used in this section, \"position of public trust\" means a position that: (1) Is in a public agency that provides public safety services, including without limitation a fire department, law enforcement agency, or emergency medical services agency; and (2) As part of the ordinary course of the duties of the position, requires a person holding the position to have direct physical contact with or come within the immediate vicinity of a member of the public outside of the building in which the public agency is located.\n\n(1) Is in a public agency that provides public safety services, including without limitation a fire department, law enforcement agency, or emergency medical services agency; and\n\n(2) As part of the ordinary course of the duties of the position, requires a person holding the position to have direct physical contact with or come within the immediate vicinity of a member of the public outside of the building in which the public agency is located.\n\n(b) A sex offender who is required to register under this subchapter and who has been assessed as a Level 2, Level 3, or Level 4 offender may not hold a position of public trust.","path":["AR Code","Title 12","Chapter 12","Subchapter 9"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"1fab6f0b67f9c36fd046a7894f45480f0b5a78f3ea6de687324f9bf1353fc5e9","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-12-12-928","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-12-12-930"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}