# Arkansas

Every law and rule change USCLI tracks for Arkansas, across the professions, on one page. Each entry links to its full write-up and official sources.

Source: https://uscli.org/states/arkansas

## Licensing Ledger

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.

[Full Arkansas page: every change, its sources, and what has not changed](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/arkansas) (9 entries).

- Oct 14, 2026 — **[Rule amendment: exam retake wait removed, out-of-state temporary work capped](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/arkansas#rule-015-01-26-001)** — Final rule, Arkansas Register 015.01.26-001 (17 CAR Part 350) — 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)).…
- Oct 1, 2026 — **[Federal background check fee rises; older application forms rejected](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/arkansas#fbi-fee-2026)** — State Police notice — The federal background check fee rose from $10 to $13, and earlier versions of the application forms are no longer accepted.
- Aug 5, 2025 — **[Licensing act amended; ID cards issued electronically](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/arkansas#act-678)** — Act 678 of 2025 (HB 1692) — 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…
- Aug 5, 2025 — **[Driver and vehicle registration records closed to general inspection](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/arkansas#act-581)** — Act 581 of 2025 (SB 498) — 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…
- Aug 5, 2025 — **[Tracking a person with a tracking device without consent is harassment](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/arkansas#act-600)** — Act 600 of 2025 (HB 1641) — 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 Ledger

The Officer Ledger has not published a Arkansas page yet. [See the states it covers](https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker).

## Forensic Ledger

The Forensic Ledger has not published a Arkansas page yet. [See the states it covers](https://uscli.org/forensic-science-tracker).