{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-19-601","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 20-19-601","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this subchapter: (1) \"Interested person\" means an individual, partnership, firm, joint stock company, corporation, association, trust, estate, or other legal entity that a court determines may have a pecuniary interest in a primate that is the subject of the petition under § 20-19-607 ; (2) \"Law enforcement officer\" means a public servant vested by law with a duty to maintain public order or to make an arrest for an offense, including without limitation: (A) An animal control officer; and (B) An Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission game warden; (3) \"Person\" means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, an organization, or another legal entity or an officer, a member, a shareholder, a director, an employee, an agent, or a representative of a partnership, a corporation, an organization, or another legal entity; (4) \"Primate\" means a live individual animal of the taxonomic order Primates, excluding humans; (5) (A) \"Temporary holding facility\" means an incorporated nonprofit animal protection organization, such as a registered humane society and shelter, that temporarily houses a primate at the written request of a law enforcement officer. (B) \"Temporary holding facility\" includes a person that is a registered primate owner that is temporarily caring for a primate; and (6) \"Wildlife sanctuary\" means a nonprofit entity that: (A) Operates a place of refuge where abused, neglected, unwanted, impounded, abandoned, orphaned, or displaced animals are provided care; (B) Does not conduct a commercial activity with respect to primates, including without limitation: (i) Sale, trade, auction, lease, or loan of primates or parts of primates; or (ii) Use of primates in a for-profit business or operation; (C) Does not use primates for entertainment purposes or in a traveling exhibit; (D) Does not breed primates; and (E) Does not allow members of the public to be in proximity to primates without sufficient distance and protective barriers, including without limitation offering photographic opportunities next to a primate of any age. Amended by Act 2023, No. 852,§ 7, eff. 8/1/2023. Added by Act 2013, No. 1337,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013.\n\nAs used in this subchapter:\n\n(1) \"Interested person\" means an individual, partnership, firm, joint stock company, corporation, association, trust, estate, or other legal entity that a court determines may have a pecuniary interest in a primate that is the subject of the petition under § 20-19-607 ;\n\n(2) \"Law enforcement officer\" means a public servant vested by law with a duty to maintain public order or to make an arrest for an offense, including without limitation: (A) An animal control officer; and (B) An Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission game warden;\n\n(A) An animal control officer; and\n\n(B) An Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission game warden;\n\n(3) \"Person\" means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, an organization, or another legal entity or an officer, a member, a shareholder, a director, an employee, an agent, or a representative of a partnership, a corporation, an organization, or another legal entity;\n\n(4) \"Primate\" means a live individual animal of the taxonomic order Primates, excluding humans;\n\n(5) (A) \"Temporary holding facility\" means an incorporated nonprofit animal protection organization, such as a registered humane society and shelter, that temporarily houses a primate at the written request of a law enforcement officer. (B) \"Temporary holding facility\" includes a person that is a registered primate owner that is temporarily caring for a primate; and\n\n(A) \"Temporary holding facility\" means an incorporated nonprofit animal protection organization, such as a registered humane society and shelter, that temporarily houses a primate at the written request of a law enforcement officer.\n\n(B) \"Temporary holding facility\" includes a person that is a registered primate owner that is temporarily caring for a primate; and\norarily caring for a primate; and\n\n(A) \"Temporary holding facility\" means an incorporated nonprofit animal protection organization, such as a registered humane society and shelter, that temporarily houses a primate at the written request of a law enforcement officer.\n\n(B) \"Temporary holding facility\" includes a person that is a registered primate owner that is temporarily caring for a primate; and\n\n(6) \"Wildlife sanctuary\" means a nonprofit entity that: (A) Operates a place of refuge where abused, neglected, unwanted, impounded, abandoned, orphaned, or displaced animals are provided care; (B) Does not conduct a commercial activity with respect to primates, including without limitation: (i) Sale, trade, auction, lease, or loan of primates or parts of primates; or (ii) Use of primates in a for-profit business or operation; (C) Does not use primates for entertainment purposes or in a traveling exhibit; (D) Does not breed primates; and (E) Does not allow members of the public to be in proximity to primates without sufficient distance and protective barriers, including without limitation offering photographic opportunities next to a primate of any age.\n\n(A) Operates a place of refuge where abused, neglected, unwanted, impounded, abandoned, orphaned, or displaced animals are provided care;\n\n(B) Does not conduct a commercial activity with respect to primates, including without limitation: (i) Sale, trade, auction, lease, or loan of primates or parts of primates; or (ii) Use of primates in a for-profit business or operation;\n\n(i) Sale, trade, auction, lease, or loan of primates or parts of primates; or\n\n(ii) Use of primates in a for-profit business or operation;\n\n(C) Does not use primates for entertainment purposes or in a traveling exhibit;\n\n(D) Does not breed primates; and\n\n(E) Does not allow members of the public to be in proximity to primates without sufficient distance and protective barriers, including without limitation offering photographic opportunities next to a primate of any age.","path":["AR Code","Title 20","Chapter 19","Subchapter 6"],"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":"3aeae8fad926e0449bcb0ccb12ec52de82bb78d14f9839b5be445b1c4c3d8da7","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-19-511","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-19-602"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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