Privacy in Arkansas for first responders
What state law protects, what still leaks, and what we sweep beyond it.
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Arkansas maintains a state-level program that lets eligible officers, judges, and other protected workers use a substitute address for public records.
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- Arkansas Code §25-19-105(b)(13) — personal contact information of nonelected state, municipal, school, and county employees is not open to the public under the Freedom of Information Act.
- Arkansas Code §5-27-610 — criminal statute against disseminating identifying information with intent to threaten, intimidate, or harass.
Applicable laws
What protects you in Arkansas
Arkansas is thin on officer-specific privacy law. The one real lever is Arkansas Code §25-19-105(b)(13) — the FOIA exemption. It keeps the personal contact information of nonelected state, municipal, school, and county employees out of public records. The custodian of records carries the duty not to disclose. There's no separate filing process for an officer to invoke; the protection runs to the records held by your agency.
The state Address Confidentiality Program exists under Arkansas Code §27-16-811 but is built for victims of domestic violence, sexual offenses, and stalking. Peace officers are not categorically eligible.
There is no broker-removal statute in Arkansas — no equivalent of New Jersey's Daniel's Law (the state law that lets covered officers sue data brokers for failing to remove their home address). Property records redaction is unclear in the statute. DMV confidentiality is unclear. Voter rolls do not have a confidentiality election.
What still leaks
- Out-of-state brokers. Spokeo, Whitepages, BeenVerified, and the rest don't honor §25-19-105(b)(13). They source from aggregators outside Arkansas and from commercial feeds. The state shield doesn't reach them.
- County property records. Deed transfers, tax assessments, and mortgage filings are public by default and there's no statutory redaction process for officers. Buying or selling a home puts your address into the broker pipeline within weeks.
- Court filings. Civil filings often include your home address in the body. The §25-19-105 exemption doesn't reach court records. Redaction is a court-level process.
Laws that work for you here
- Arkansas Code §25-19-105(b)(13) — keeps personal contact info of nonelected public employees out of FOIA disclosure. Confirm with your records custodian that your address is treated as exempt.
- Arkansas Code §5-27-610 — criminal anti-doxxing statute. Disseminating identifying information with intent to threaten, intimidate, or harass is chargeable. Useful for a referral to your prosecutor when someone targets you, not as a removal mechanism.
What we sweep that the state doesn't
Arkansas hasn't passed officer-specific privacy law beyond the FOIA exemption. The federal DPPA is the only floor on DMV records. The broker side is what's actually leveraged here, and that's where we operate. We file opt-outs across 200+ people-search sites and re-check every two weeks because re-listings happen.