Arkansas Law

§ 5-28-216. Penalties.

(a)(1) Any person, official, or institution negligently or willfully failing to make notification when required by this subchapter shall be guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.

          (2) Any person, official, or institution willfully making false notification pursuant to this subchapter, knowing such allegations to be false, shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

          (3) Any person, official, or institution willfully making false notification pursuant to this subchapter, knowing such allegations to be false, and who has been previously convicted of making willful false allegations, shall be guilty of a Class D felony.

(b) Any person who willfully permits, and any other person who encourages, the release of data or information contained in the central registry to persons to whom disclosure is not permitted by this subchapter shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

History. Acts 1999, No. 753, § 12.