§ 27-14-412 - Records. - Arkansas Statutes

27-14-412. Records.

(a) (1) All records of the Office of Motor Vehicle, other than those declared by law to be confidential for the use of the office, shall be open to public inspection during office hours.

(2) The use of lists or other aggregations or compilations of motor vehicle registration information is restricted to safety recall notification programs involving motor vehicles and motor vehicle equipment, other federal and state agency programs, and research and statistics involving motor vehicles in which individual identities are not published or disclosed. Motor vehicle registration information shall not be sold, furnished, or used for solicitation purposes.

(b) (1) The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles and such officers of the office as the commissioner may designate are authorized to prepare under the seal of the office and deliver upon request a certified copy of any record of the office.

(2) A fee of one dollar ($1.00) shall be charged for each document so authenticated.

(3) Every such certified copy shall be admissible in any proceeding in any court in like manner as the original.

(c) The commissioner may destroy any records of the office which have been maintained on file for five (5) years which he or she may deem obsolete and of no further service in carrying out the powers and duties of the office.