{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-12-18-401","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-401","heading":"Generally","body":"(a) A person may immediately notify the Child Abuse Hotline if he or she: (1) Has reasonable cause to suspect that: (A) Child maltreatment has occurred; or (B) A child has died as a result of child maltreatment; or (2) Observes a child being subjected to conditions or circumstances that would reasonably result in child maltreatment. (b) A person who in good faith notifies the hotline in accordance with subsection (a) of this section is immune from civil and criminal liability. Amended by Act 2019, No. 970,§ 1, eff. 7/24/2019. Acts 2009, No. 749, § 1.\n\n(a) A person may immediately notify the Child Abuse Hotline if he or she: (1) Has reasonable cause to suspect that: (A) Child maltreatment has occurred; or (B) A child has died as a result of child maltreatment; or (2) Observes a child being subjected to conditions or circumstances that would reasonably result in child maltreatment.\n\n(1) Has reasonable cause to suspect that: (A) Child maltreatment has occurred; or (B) A child has died as a result of child maltreatment; or\n\n(A) Child maltreatment has occurred; or\n\n(B) A child has died as a result of child maltreatment; or\n\n(2) Observes a child being subjected to conditions or circumstances that would reasonably result in child maltreatment.\n\n(b) A person who in good faith notifies the hotline in accordance with subsection (a) of this section is immune from civil and criminal liability.","path":["AR Code","Title 12","Chapter 18","Subchapter 4"],"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":"2b2b039f9621b70197cf4003a5918f4e4587e53bbf0c15696449dbd74c7ae722","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-12-18-310","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-12-18-402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}