(a)

1. (1) Arkansas Code § 12-12-905 requires that the following persons must register:

2. (2) A person who:

   1. (A) Is adjudicated guilty on or after August 1, 1997, of a sex offense, aggravated sex offense, or sexually violent offense;
   2. (B) Is serving a sentence of incarceration, probation, parole, or other form of community supervision as a result of an adjudication of guilt on or after August 1, 1997, for a sex offense, aggravated sex offense, or sexually violent offense;
   3. (C) Is acquitted on or after August 1, 1997, on the grounds of mental disease or defect for a sex offense, aggravated sex offense, or sexually violent offense;
   4. (D) Is serving a commitment as a result of an acquittal on or after August 1, 1997, on the grounds of mental disease or defect for a sex offense, aggravated sex offense, or sexually violent offense; and
   5. (E) Was required to be registered under the Habitual Child Sex Offender Registration Act, formerly Arkansas Code § 12-12-901 et seq., enacted by Acts 1987, No. 587, §§ 1 – 10 and Acts 1997, No. 989, § 23.

(b) Arkansas Code § 12-12-906 requires registration for sex offenders moving to Arkansas. “12-12-906. Duty to register or verify registration generally — Review of requirements with offenders.

1. (2)

   1. (A) A sex offender who moves to or returns to this state from another jurisdiction and who would be required to register as a sex offender in the jurisdiction in which he or she was adjudicated guilty or delinquent of a sex offense shall register with the local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction within seven (7) calendar days after the sex offender moves to a municipality or county of this state.
   2. (B)

(i) Any person living in this state who would be required to register as a sex offender in the jurisdiction in which he or she was adjudicated guilty or delinquent of a sex offense shall register as a sex offender in this state whether living, working, or attending school or other training in Arkansas.

1. (ii) A nonresident worker or student who enters the state shall register in compliance with the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, Pub. L. No. 109-248, as it existed on January 1, 2007.”

   1. (c) Pursuant to Arkansas Code § 9-27-356, the juvenile division of the circuit court determines whether or not a juvenile adjudicated delinquent in Arkansas is required to register as a sex offender.