Arkansas § 5-73-110 - Disarming minors and mentally defective or mentally irresponsible persons — Disposition of property seized.

§ 5-73-110. Disarming minors and mentally defective or mentally irresponsible persons — Disposition of property seized.

Subject to constitutional limitation, nothing in this section and §§ 5-73-101 — 5-73-109 shall be construed to prohibit a law enforcement officer from disarming, without arresting, a minor or person who reasonably appears to be mentally defective or otherwise mentally irresponsible when that person is in possession of a deadly weapon. Property seized under subsection (a) of this section shall be: Held for seventy-two (72) hours by the law enforcement agency employing the law enforcement officer who seized the property; and After the seventy-two-hour hold and upon request and presentation of valid proof of ownership, returned to the: Owner, if he or she is eighteen (18) years of age or older and may lawfully possess the property; or Parent or legal guardian of the owner, if the owner is a minor and the parent or legal guardian may lawfully possess the property.