Arkansas
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Arkansas licenses private investigators through the Director of the Arkansas State Police. In 2025 the Legislature closed driver and vehicle registration records to general public inspection, made it harassment to track a person with a tracking device without consent, and restricted drone surveillance. A State Police rule amendment filed October 14, 2026 and effective October 24, 2026 removes the wait before an exam retake and caps temporary work by out-of-state investigators.
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Rule amendment: exam retake wait removed, out-of-state temporary work capped
Once in effect, the amendment removes the 5-working-day wait before retaking the investigator exam; the $50 retake fee stays (350-1103(e)). Allows out-of-state investigators only two 10-day temporary authorizations in a calendar year (new 350-1110(c)).…
Federal background check fee rises; older application forms rejected
The federal background check fee rose from $10 to $13, and earlier versions of the application forms are no longer accepted.
Licensing act amended; ID cards issued electronically
Removes crimes involving moral turpitude from what applications must disclose (17-40-307(a)(8)); revises the grounds to deny, suspend, or revoke (17-40-344, 17-40-350(c)(1)); and allows commission ID cards to be electronic (17-40-340). The State Police…
Driver and vehicle registration records closed to general inspection
Repeals A.C.A. 27-19-406 and 27-19-407, which opened driver records to public inspection, and rewrites 27-14-412 and 27-50-906. Registration records go only to the owner, a person the owner authorizes in writing, courts, a licensed attorney responding to a…
Tracking a person with a tracking device without consent is harassment
A person commits harassment if, with the purpose of tracking a person and without good cause or legal authority, the person uses a tracking device to determine that person’s location or movement without the person’s consent (A.C.A. 5-71-208(a)(2)(A)). A…
Officer Certification Tracker
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Forensic Science Tracker
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Last updated October 18, 2026Source: United States Council for Law & Investigation