Perjury generally

Ark. Code Ann. § 5-53-102 — under Offenses Relating to Judicial and Other Official Proceedings.

Ark. Code Ann. § 5-53-102

(a) A person commits perjury if in an official proceeding he or she knowingly:(1) Makes a false material statement under an oath required or authorized by law;(2) Applies for or submits an absentee ballot for a city, school district, county, state, or federal election knowing that he or she is unlawfully applying for or unlawfully submitting the absentee ballot; or(3) Makes a false unsworn declaration under the Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act, § 16-2-201 et seq.

(1) Makes a false material statement under an oath required or authorized by law;

(2) Applies for or submits an absentee ballot for a city, school district, county, state, or federal election knowing that he or she is unlawfully applying for or unlawfully submitting the absentee ballot; or

(3) Makes a false unsworn declaration under the Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act, § 16-2-201 et seq.

(b) Lack of knowledge of the materiality of the statement is not a defense to a charge of perjury under this section.

(c) Perjury is a Class C felony.