{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-9-4-102","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 9-4-102","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this chapter: (1) \"Advocate\" means an employee, supervisor, or administrator of a shelter; (2) \"Commission\" means the Arkansas Child Abuse/Rape/Domestic Violence Commission; (3) \"Domestic abuse\" means: (A) Physical harm, bodily injury, or assault between family or household members; (B) The infliction of fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury, or assault between family or household members; or (C) Any sexual conduct between family or household members, whether minors or adults, that constitutes a crime under the laws of this state; (4) \"Family or household members\" means: (A) Spouses; (B) Former spouses; (C) Parents; (D) Children; (E) Persons related by blood within the fourth degree of consanguinity; (F) Persons who presently cohabit or in the past cohabited together; and (G) Persons who presently have a child in common; (5) \"Shelter\" means any entity that: (A) Provides services including food, housing, advice, counseling, and assistance to victims of domestic abuse and their minor dependent children in this state; and (B) Meets the program, fiscal, and training requirements of this chapter; (6) \"Victim\" means any individual who: (A) Is eighteen (18) years of age or older, is a minor who has his or her disabilities removed, or is a married individual under eighteen (18) years of age; (B) Is the victim of domestic abuse; and (C) Seeks services at a shelter; and (7) \"Volunteer\" means any person who donates his or her time to provide services to victims at a shelter. Acts 2003, No. 1276, § 1\n\nAs used in this chapter:\n\n(1) \"Advocate\" means an employee, supervisor, or administrator of a shelter;\n\n(2) \"Commission\" means the Arkansas Child Abuse/Rape/Domestic Violence Commission;\n\n(3) \"Domestic abuse\" means: (A) Physical harm, bodily injury, or assault between family or household members; (B) The infliction of fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury, or assault between family or household members; or (C) 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, or assault between family or household members;\n\n(B) The infliction of fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury, or assault between family or household members; or\n\n(C) Any sexual conduct between family or household members, whether minors or adults, that constitutes a crime under the laws of this state;\n\n(4) \"Family or household members\" means: (A) Spouses; (B) Former spouses; (C) Parents; (D) Children; (E) Persons related by blood within the fourth degree of consanguinity; (F) Persons who presently cohabit or in the past cohabited together; and (G) Persons who presently have a child in common;\n\n(A) Spouses;\n\n(B) Former spouses;\n\n(C) Parents;\n\n(D) Children;\n\n(E) Persons related by blood within the fourth degree of consanguinity;\n\n(F) Persons who presently cohabit or in the past cohabited together; and\n\n(G) Persons who presently have a child in common;\n\n(5) \"Shelter\" means any entity that: (A) Provides services including food, housing, advice, counseling, and assistance to victims of domestic abuse and their minor dependent children in this state; and (B) Meets the program, fiscal, and training requirements of this chapter;\n\n(A) Provides services including food, housing, advice, counseling, and assistance to victims of domestic abuse and their minor dependent children in this state; and\n\n(B) Meets the program, fiscal, and training requirements of this chapter;\nce to victims of domestic abuse and their minor dependent children in this state; and (B) Meets the program, fiscal, and training requirements of this chapter;\n\n(A) Provides services including food, housing, advice, counseling, and assistance to victims of domestic abuse and their minor dependent children in this state; and\n\n(B) Meets the program, fiscal, and training requirements of this chapter;\n\n(6) \"Victim\" means any individual who: (A) Is eighteen (18) years of age or older, is a minor who has his or her disabilities removed, or is a married individual under eighteen (18) years of age; (B) Is the victim of domestic abuse; and (C) Seeks services at a shelter; and\n\n(A) Is eighteen (18) years of age or older, is a minor who has his or her disabilities removed, or is a married individual under eighteen (18) years of age;\n\n(B) Is the victim of domestic abuse; and\n\n(C) Seeks services at a shelter; and\n\n(7) \"Volunteer\" means any person who donates his or her time to provide services to victims at a shelter.","path":["AR Code","Title 9","Chapter 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":"14576cf2d4ea59f1e18d933bc28aef70ca0051b9bfc7d5d8b463309086cfa2f0","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-9-4-101","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-9-4-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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