# Arkansas Code § 12-12-1802 (2024) — Definitions > *Verbatim extract of Arkansas Code Annotated § 12-12-1802, the definitions section of the Automatic License Plate Reader System Act (Title 12, Subtitle 2, Chapter 12, Subchapter 18), as reproduced by FindLaw from the Arkansas Code. This is the section that defines "captured plate data" — the term Conway PD invokes throughout its `PD-2026-477` withholding letter.* ## Source metadata - **Publisher:** FindLaw (Thomson Reuters), reproducing the Arkansas Code. - **URL:** https://codes.findlaw.com/ar/title-12-law-enforcement-emergency-management-and-military-affairs/ar-code-sect-12-12-1802.html - **Placement:** Title 12 → Subtitle 2 → Chapter 12 → Subchapter 18 (Use of Automatic License Plate Reader Systems). - **Archived:** 2026-05-22, retrieved in a browser (Playwright) and saved as a print-to-PDF capture of the FindLaw page. See `ark-code-12-12-1801.md` for the retrieval-method note. - **Wayback snapshot:** https://web.archive.org/web/20260522223909/https://codes.findlaw.com/ar/title-12-law-enforcement-emergency-management-and-military-affairs/ar-code-sect-12-12-1802.html (saved 2026-05-22 via Save Page Now). ## Extract **12-12-1802. Definitions.** As used in this subchapter: (1) "Alert" means data held by the Office of Motor Vehicle, the Arkansas Crime Information Center including without limitation the Arkansas Crime Information Center's Missing Persons Information Clearinghouse, the National Crime Information Center, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation Kidnappings and Missing Persons database; (2) "Automatic license plate reader system" means a system of one (1) or more mobile or fixed automated high-speed cameras used in combination with computer algorithms to convert images of license plates into computer-readable data; (3)(A) "Captured plate data" means the global positioning device coordinates, date and time, photograph, license plate number, and any other data captured by or derived from any automatic license plate reader system. (B) Captured plate data shall not include any personal data; (4) "Governmental entity" means a lawfully created branch, department, or agency of the federal, state, or local government; and (5) "Secured area" means an area, enclosed by clear boundaries, to which access is limited and not open to the public, and entry is obtainable only through specific access-control points. ## Notes - **Tier 2 — primary public record.** Codified text of an Arkansas statute; see `ark-code-12-12-1801.md` for the source-tier and currency rationale. - **Currency.** FindLaw states this section is current as of March 28, 2024. - **Investigative relevance.** Conway PD's `PD-2026-477` response letter quotes this section's "captured plate data" definition — "the global positioning device coordinates, date and time, photograph, license plate number, and any other data captured by or derived from any automatic license plate reader system" — and grounds its withholding of network-sharing exports, federal-search exports, audit logs, and hot-list records on the breadth of that phrase, particularly "or derived from." - **Cited by:** see the `citing_pages:` frontmatter above.