Arkansas · Freedom of Information Act

Arkansas FOIA's immediate-access standard, built in

AccessPoint manages Freedom of Information Act requests under Ark. Code Ann. § 25-19-101 et seq. (amended 2023 and 2025) — records due immediately, or within three working days when in active use or storage, the § 25-19-105(b) exemptions, and circuit-court enforcement — pre-configured for Arkansas and running inside your own Microsoft 365 tenant.

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Arkansas at a glance

Response standard
Records due immediately; if in active use, in storage, or requiring redaction, within 3 working days of the request
Enforcement
No administrative appeal — file in circuit court, which must hold a hearing within 7 days of filing
Exemptions
§ 25-19-105(b)(1)–(28) enumerated exemptions, plus the 24-hour employee-notice and 3-day Attorney General opinion rule for personnel records
Charges
Actual reproduction cost only — no search or review fee; prepayment may be required for costs over $25
Oversight
No oversight body — Arkansas circuit courts enforce the Act on an expedited docket
Languages
English

Built for Arkansas

One platform for the whole access-and-privacy mandate, pre-configured for this regime and running in your own Microsoft 365 tenant.

FOIA request lifecycle

Intake to release under Ark. Code Ann. § 25-19-101 et seq. — immediate access, the 3-working-day active-use standard, and release — all on Microsoft 365.

The 28-category exemption list

§ 25-19-105(b)(1)–(28), tagged per record so the right exemption citation is always attached.

Immediate, or 3 working days

Records are due immediately; only records in active use, in storage, or needing redaction get the 3-working-day standard — tracked from intake.

The personnel-records notice

24-hour notice to the affected employee and the 3-day Attorney General opinion window, triggered automatically when a personnel or evaluation record is requested.

Actual reproduction cost only

No search or review fee — just actual copying cost, with the over-$25 prepayment rule applied automatically.

In your own tenant

Every request and record stays inside your own Microsoft 365 and Azure tenant — no third-party cloud, no cross-border transfers, and no per-user fees.

Immediate means immediate

Arkansas FOIA doesn't say "promptly" — records are due immediately, and the 3-day clock is the exception, not the rule.

Arkansas sets one of the strictest response standards in the country: records are due immediately upon request. The three-working-day standard applies only when a record is in active use, in storage, or requires redaction before release. Personnel and employee-evaluation records carry their own procedure on top of that: the affected employee gets 24-hour notice before release, and either side may request a 3-day Attorney General opinion. AccessPoint tracks which standard applies to each request and triggers the personnel-notice workflow automatically.

Immediate access Records are due immediately; the 3-working-day standard applies only when a record is in active use, storage, or needs redaction.
24-hour employee notice Personnel and evaluation records trigger 24-hour notice to the affected employee before release.
3-day AG opinion A 3-day Attorney General opinion window is available before personnel records are released.

Configured out of the box

Installing the us-ar-foia jurisdiction pack seeds your tenant with everything this regime needs — a starting point you can adjust, not a lock-in.

Pack content last reviewed: 2026-09-03

Related guide: FOI Workflow Quick Check
  • The Arkansas Freedom of Information Act (Ark. Code Ann. § 25-19-101 et seq., as amended in 2023 and 2025) as the legal-authority and citation spine
  • The immediate-access standard and the 3-working-day active-use, storage, or redaction exception, tracked per request
  • The § 25-19-105(b)(1)–(28) exemption list, tagged to the correct paragraph for every withheld record
  • The personnel-records workflow — 24-hour employee notice and the 3-day Attorney General opinion window
  • Actual-reproduction-cost billing, with the over-$25 prepayment rule applied automatically
  • The circuit-court enforcement workflow, built around the 7-day hearing requirement
  • Arkansas FOIA correspondence templates with statutory wording
  • Arkansas timeliness tracking against the immediate and 3-working-day standards
A jurisdiction pack's detail panel in AccessPoint settings, showing the pack description, version, what's new, and the checklist of items it imports: legal authorities, calendars, request statuses, request types, extension reasons, requestor categories and consultation types Click to enlarge
What a pack looks like in Settings (the Ontario municipal pack shown): the description, the version and what changed in it, and every item it imports with its statutory basis. Anything you have customized is never overwritten on update.

Arkansas Questions

Who can request records under Arkansas FOIA, and how quickly must a custodian respond?
Arkansas FOIA is open to Arkansas citizens. Records are due immediately upon request; the only exception is a 3-working-day standard that applies when the record is in active use, in storage, or needs redaction before release. AccessPoint tracks which standard applies to each request from intake.

What makes Arkansas different — the personnel-records notice?
Yes. Before a personnel or employee-evaluation record is released, Arkansas FOIA requires 24-hour notice to the affected employee, and either the employee or the requester may ask for a 3-day Attorney General opinion on whether the record must be disclosed. AccessPoint triggers this workflow automatically whenever a personnel record is requested.

What can an Arkansas custodian charge, and how is a denial enforced?
Only the actual cost of reproduction — there is no search or review fee — though prepayment may be required for costs over $25. Arkansas has no administrative appeal body; a denied requester files in circuit court, which must set a hearing within 7 days of filing.

Where does data reside?
Entirely within your own Microsoft 365 and Azure tenant. Requests, documents, and audit history never leave your control — no third-party cloud, no vendor access, and no cross-border data transfers.

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Flat annual pricing, published in full. Every feature in every size — access requests, privacy impact assessments, breach response, complaints, video & audio redaction, and AI Assist. No per-user or per-module fees.

  • Under 500 employees$2,990/yr
  • 500–2,000 employees$7,990/yr
  • Over 2,000 employees$14,990/yr

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