{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-14-129","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-129","heading":"Registered offender working with children prohibited","body":"(a) It is unlawful for a sex offender who is required to register under the Sex Offender Registration Act of 1997, § 12-12-901 et seq., and who has been assessed as a Level 3 or Level 4 offender to knowingly: (1) Engage in an occupation or participate in a volunteer position that requires the sex offender to work or interact primarily and directly with a child under sixteen (16) years of age; or (2) Accept work as a self-employed person, an independent contractor, or an employee or agent of a self-employed person or independent contractor that is to be performed at a privately owned daycare facility when the privately owned daycare facility has in its care a child. (b) A violation of this section is a Class D felony. Amended by Act 2013, No. 1125,§ 5, eff. 8/16/2013. Acts 2005, No. 1779, § 1; 2011, No. 1023, § 1.\n\n(a) It is unlawful for a sex offender who is required to register under the Sex Offender Registration Act of 1997, § 12-12-901 et seq., and who has been assessed as a Level 3 or Level 4 offender to knowingly: (1) Engage in an occupation or participate in a volunteer position that requires the sex offender to work or interact primarily and directly with a child under sixteen (16) years of age; or (2) Accept work as a self-employed person, an independent contractor, or an employee or agent of a self-employed person or independent contractor that is to be performed at a privately owned daycare facility when the privately owned daycare facility has in its care a child.\n\n(1) Engage in an occupation or participate in a volunteer position that requires the sex offender to work or interact primarily and directly with a child under sixteen (16) years of age; or\n\n(2) Accept work as a self-employed person, an independent contractor, or an employee or agent of a self-employed person or independent contractor that is to be performed at a privately owned daycare facility when the privately owned daycare facility has in its care a child.\n\n(b) A violation of this section is a Class D felony.","path":["AR Code","Title 5","Chapter 14","Subchapter 1"],"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":"f638cfb375e6529230cca2e59596340ed7c246b857cad254462679fd3a866d2e","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-14-128","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-14-130"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}