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Restoring Civil Rights After a Felony in Arkansas

How Arkansas law treats restoring rights after a felony, from the state code and official state agencies.

Short answer: Voting rights are restored by showing the county clerk proof that the sentence is complete (discharge from probation or parole, all supervision fees paid, imprisonment satisfied, and court costs, fines or restitution paid) or that the record was sealed, and then re-registering. Ark. Const. amend. 51, § 11(d)(2) (as cited by the Pulaski County Clerk); Ark. Code § 5-73-103

Restoring rights after a felonyVoting rights are restored by showing the county clerk proof that the sentence is complete (discharge from probation or parole, all supervision fees paid, imprisonment satisfied, and court costs, fines or restitution paid) or that the record was sealed, and then re-registering. Firearm rights do not come back automatically: under the felon-in-possession law they return only through a pardon that expressly restores them, Governor or federal authorization, or restoration by the Governor on the recommendation of the local police chief or sheriff when the offense did not involve a weapon and was more than eight years earlier.
Source: Ark. Const. amend. 51, § 11(d)(2) (as cited by the Pulaski County Clerk); Ark. Code § 5-73-103

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How do you restore your rights after a felony in Arkansas?
Voting rights are restored by showing the county clerk proof that the sentence is complete (discharge from probation or parole, all supervision fees paid, imprisonment satisfied, and court costs, fines or restitution paid) or that the record was sealed, and then re-registering. Firearm rights do not come back automatically: under the felon-in-possession law they return only through a pardon that expressly restores them, Governor or federal authorization, or restoration by the Governor on the recommendation of the local police chief or sheriff when the offense did not involve a weapon and was more than eight years earlier.

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