Arkansas

Criminal Procedure

Criminal Procedure

Rule 10.1 – Definitions

For the purposes of this Article, unless a different meaning is plainly required:

(a) “Search” means any intrusion other than an arrest, by an officer under color of authority, upon an individual’s person, property, or privacy, for the purpose of seizing individuals or things or obtaining information by inspection or surveillance, if such intrusion, in the absence of legal authority or sufficient consent, would be a civil wrong, criminal offense, or violation of the individual’s rights under the Constitution of the United States or this state.
(b) “Seizure” means the taking of any person or thing or the obtaining of information by an officer pursuant to a search or under other color of authority.
(c) “Search warrant” means an order issued by a judicial officer authorizing a search or seizure or both.
(d) “Officer” means a law enforcement officer or other person acting under color of authority to search and seize.
(e) “Individual” includes a corporation.
(f) “Vehicle” includes any craft or device for the transportation of persons or things by land, sea or air.
(g) “Property” means real or personal property, including vehicles.
(h) “Reasonable cause to believe” means a basis for belief in the existence of facts which, in view of the circumstances under and purposes for which the standard is applied, is substantial, objective, and sufficient to satisfy applicable constitutional requirements.
(i) “Reasonable belief” means a belief based on reasonable cause to believe.

Ark. R. Crim. P. 10.1