Title 5, Criminal Offenses

(a) A person commits public sexual indecency if he or she engages in any of the following acts in a public place or public view:(1) An act of sexual intercourse;(2) An act of deviate sexual activity; or(3) An act of sexual contact. (1) An act of sexual intercourse; (2) An act of …

(a) A person commits indecent exposure if, with the purpose to arouse or gratify a sexual desire of himself or herself or of any other person, the person exposes his or her sex organs:(1) In a public place or in public view; or(2) Under circumstances in which the person knows the…

(a) A person commits the offense of sexual extortion if:(1) With the purpose to coerce another person to engage in sexual contact or sexually explicit conduct, the person communicates a threat to:(A) Damage the property or harm the reputation of the other person; or(B) Produce or…

(a) A person commits capital rape if:(1) He or she engages in sexual intercourse or deviate sexual activity with another person who is thirteen (13) years of age or younger and causes or threatens to cause serious physical injury to that person;(2) Acting alone or with one (1) or…

(a) As used in this section, “animal” means any dead or alive nonhuman vertebrate. (b) A person commits bestiality if he or she performs or submits to any act of sexual gratification with an animal involving his or her or the animal's sex organs and the mouth, anus, penis, or vag…

(a) A person with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or who tests positive for the presence of human immunodeficiency virus antigen or antibodies is infectious to another person through the exchange of a body fluid during sexual intercourse and through the parenteral transfer of …

(a) A person commits sexual assault in the first degree if:(1) The person engages in sexual intercourse or deviate sexual activity with a minor who is not the actor's spouse and the actor is:(A) Employed with the Division of Correction, the Division of Community Correction, the D…

(a) A person commits sexual assault in the second degree if the person:(1) Engages in sexual contact with another person by forcible compulsion;(2) Engages in sexual contact with another person who is incapable of consent because he or she is:(A) Physically helpless;(B) Mentally …

(a) A person commits sexual assault in the third degree if the person:(1) Engages in sexual intercourse or deviate sexual activity with another person who is not the actor's spouse, and the actor is:(A) Employed with the Division of Correction, Division of Community Correction, D…

(a) A person commits sexual assault in the fourth degree if the person:(1) Being twenty (20) years of age or older:(A) Engages in sexual intercourse or deviate sexual activity with another person who is:(i) Less than sixteen (16) years of age; and(ii) Not the person's spouse; or(…

(a) A sex offender who is required to register under the Sex Offender Registration Act of 1997, § 12-12-901 et seq., and who has been assessed as a:(1) Level 3 or Level 4 offender may not knowingly reside within two thousand feet (2,000′) of the property on which a public or priv…

(a) It is unlawful for a sex offender who is required to register under the Sex Offender Registration Act of 1997, § 12-12-901 et seq., and who has been assessed as a Level 3 or Level 4 offender to knowingly:(1) Engage in an occupation or participate in a volunteer position that …

(a) It is unlawful for a person who is required to register under the Sex Offender Registration Act of 1997, § 12-12-901 et seq., or required to register as a sex offender in any other state to knowingly:(1) Provide false information to obtain an identification card or a driver's…

(a) As used in this section, “victim” means a victim of a sex offense for which a person is required to register as a sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration Act of 1997, § 12-12-901 et seq. (b) It is unlawful for a person who is required to register under the Sex Offend…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Campus” means the real property, a building, or any other improvement in this state owned, leased, rented, or controlled by or for the operation of a public school;(2) “Private school” means a school offering instruction for a grade in kindergarte…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Children's playground” means a place with a specific design for children to be able to play there, whether indoor or outdoor;(2) (A) “Public park” means any property owned or maintained by this state or a county, city, town, or political subdivisi…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Costume” means an outfit worn to create the appearance or characteristic of a particular period, person, place, or thing; and(2) “Halloween-related event” means an event involving children organized around and concerning the celebration of Hallowe…

(a) As used in this section, “female genital mutilation” means a procedure that involves the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or any procedure harmful to the female genitalia, including without limitation:(1) A clitoridectomy;(2) The partial or total remo…

(a) As used in this section, “record” means to photograph, make, capture, generate, or save a print, negative, slide, motion picture, computer data file, videotape, or other mechanically, electronically, or chemically reproduced visual image or material. (b) It is unlawful for a …

(a) As used in this section, “unmanned aircraft” means an aircraft, including an aircraft commonly known as a drone, that is operated without the possibility of direct human intervention from within or on the aircraft and has the ability to photographically or electronically reco…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Deepfake visual material” means a photograph, image, video, or other visual depiction that:(A) Appears to an ordinary person to be an authentic depiction of an identifiable person; and(B) Is generated, modified, or adapted using technology to fals…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Relevant medical record” means a medical record of a person charged with having committed a sex crime that contains information that may reveal a health risk to the victim; and(2) “Sex crime” means any offense described in § 5-14-101 et seq., e…

(a) (1) Through a warrant issued by a judicial officer under Rule 13 of the Arkansas Rules of Criminal Procedure, a prosecuting attorney of this state is entitled access to a relevant medical record of a person charged with having committed a sex crime against another person, whi…