SOCNA under the auspices of the SOAC must conduct a community notification assessment on each adult sex offender required to register in Arkansas, unless the offender was assessed by a law enforcement agency prior to the development of SOCNA and that assessment information was entered into the ACIC database. Community notification assessments are conducted strictly for the purpose of determining the most appropriate level of community notification.

Effective August 16, 2013, pursuant to Act 172 of 2013, an offender, adjudicated delinquent in another state of an offense requiring registration in the other state, who lives in the State of Arkansas and has reached the age of 18, shall be assessed for community notification purposes by SOCNA. Offenders under the age of eighteen (18) shall be assessed by the SOAC contractor for juvenile assessments.