{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-9-15-103","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 9-15-103","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this chapter: (1) \"Commercial mobile radio service\" means commercial mobile service as defined in 47 U.S.C. § 332 ; (2) \"County where the petitioner resides\" means the county in which the petitioner physically resides at the time the petition is filed and may include a county where the petitioner is located for a short-term stay in a domestic violence shelter; (3) (A) \"Dating relationship\" means a romantic or intimate social relationship between two (2) individuals that shall be determined by examining the following factors: (i) The length of the relationship; (ii) The type of the relationship; and (iii) The frequency of interaction between the two (2) individuals involved in the relationship. (B) \"Dating relationship\" does not include a casual relationship or ordinary fraternization between two (2) individuals in a business or social context; (4) \"Domestic abuse\" means: (A) Physical harm, bodily injury, assault, or the infliction of fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury, or assault between family or household members; or (B) Any sexual conduct between family or household members, whether minors or adults, that constitutes a crime under the laws of this state; (5) \"Family or household members\" means spouses, former spouses, parents and children, persons related by blood within the fourth degree of consanguinity, in-laws, any children residing in the household, persons who presently or in the past have resided or cohabited together, persons who have or have had a child in common, and persons who are presently or in the past have been in a dating relationship together; (6) \"In-laws\" means persons related by marriage within the second degree of consanguinity; and (7) \"Wireless telephone service provider\" means a commercial mobile radio service provider or reseller. Amended by Act 2017, No. 577,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017 Amended by Act 2015, No. 701,§ 2, eff. 7/22/2015 Amended by Act 2015, No. 701,§ 1, eff. 7/22/2015 Acts 1991, No. 266, § 2; 1999, No. 1551, § 1; 2001, No. 1678, § 1; 2005, No. 1676, § 1; 2005, No. 1875, § 1; 2009, No. 698, § 1\n\nAs used in this chapter:\n\n(1) \"Commercial mobile radio service\" means commercial mobile service as defined in 47 U.S.C. § 332 ;\n\n(2) \"County where the petitioner resides\" means the county in which the petitioner physically resides at the time the petition is filed and may include a county where the petitioner is located for a short-term stay in a domestic violence shelter;\n\n(3) (A) \"Dating relationship\" means a romantic or intimate social relationship between two (2) individuals that shall be determined by examining the following factors: (i) The length of the relationship; (ii) The type of the relationship; and (iii) The frequency of interaction between the two (2) individuals involved in the relationship. (B) \"Dating relationship\" does not include a casual relationship or ordinary fraternization between two (2) individuals in a business or social context;\n\n(A) \"Dating relationship\" means a romantic or intimate social relationship between two (2) individuals that shall be determined by examining the following factors: (i) The length of the relationship; (ii) The type of the relationship; and (iii) The frequency of interaction between the two (2) individuals involved in the relationship.\non between two (2) individuals in a business or social context;\n\n(A) \"Dating relationship\" means a romantic or intimate social relationship between two (2) individuals that shall be determined by examining the following factors: (i) The length of the relationship; (ii) The type of the relationship; and (iii) The frequency of interaction between the two (2) individuals involved in the relationship.\n\n(i) The length of the relationship;\n\n(ii) The type of the relationship; and\n\n(iii) The frequency of interaction between the two (2) individuals involved in the relationship.\n\n(B) \"Dating relationship\" does not include a casual relationship or ordinary fraternization between two (2) individuals in a business or social context;\n\n(4) \"Domestic abuse\" means: (A) Physical harm, bodily injury, assault, or the infliction of fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury, or assault between family or household members; or (B) Any sexual conduct between family or household members, whether minors or adults, that constitutes a crime under the laws of this state;\n\n(A) Physical harm, bodily injury, assault, or the infliction of fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury, or assault between family or household members; or\n\n(B) Any sexual conduct between family or household members, whether minors or adults, that constitutes a crime under the laws of this state;\n\n(5) \"Family or household members\" means spouses, former spouses, parents and children, persons related by blood within the fourth degree of consanguinity, in-laws, any children residing in the household, persons who presently or in the past have resided or cohabited together, persons who have or have had a child in common, and persons who are presently or in the past have been in a dating relationship together;\n\n(6) \"In-laws\" means persons related by marriage within the second degree of consanguinity; and\n\n(7) \"Wireless telephone service provider\" means a commercial mobile radio service provider or reseller.","path":["AR Code","Title 9","Chapter 15","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":"ae02567a2c85cbb5602c8d5e48974d9f2e0038f4281ad760b77a9076d679e4b3","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-9-15-102","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-9-15-201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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