{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-9-9-801","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 9-9-801","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this subchapter: (1) \"Adoption file\" means a file maintained by the Department of Health that contains an original birth certificate and adoption decree of an adoptee; (2) \"Genetic and social history\" has the same meaning as provided under § 9-9-501 ; and (3) \"Requester\" means a person twenty-one (21) years of age or older who requests an adoption file under § 9-9-803 and is: (A) The adoptee to whom the adoption file requested pertains; or (B) The child, surviving spouse, or guardian of any child of a deceased adoptee to whom the adoption file requested pertains. Added by Act 2017, No. 519,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017\n\nAs used in this subchapter:\n\n(1) \"Adoption file\" means a file maintained by the Department of Health that contains an original birth certificate and adoption decree of an adoptee;\n\n(2) \"Genetic and social history\" has the same meaning as provided under § 9-9-501 ; and\n\n(3) \"Requester\" means a person twenty-one (21) years of age or older who requests an adoption file under § 9-9-803 and is: (A) The adoptee to whom the adoption file requested pertains; or (B) The child, surviving spouse, or guardian of any child of a deceased adoptee to whom the adoption file requested pertains.\n\n(A) The adoptee to whom the adoption file requested pertains; or\n\n(B) The child, surviving spouse, or guardian of any child of a deceased adoptee to whom the adoption file requested pertains.","path":["AR Code","Title 9","Chapter 9","Subchapter 9"],"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":"2c28649902be32cfa3a4dcf1905496f0d5af8fc9c362dc4202e65da0abd135ad","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-9-9-702","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-9-9-802"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}