Title 5 — Criminal Offenses
54 chapters · 1,112 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-101 Definitions
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(1) As used in this chapter:(1) “Deviate sexual activity” means any act of sexual gratification involving:(A) The penetration, however slight, of the anus or mouth of a person by the penis of another person; or(B) The penetration, however slight, of the labia majora or anus of a …
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-102 In general
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(a) The definition of an offense that excludes conduct with a spouse shall not be construed to preclude accomplice liability of a spouse. (b) When the criminality of conduct depends on a child's being below fourteen (14) years of age and the actor is twenty (20) years of age or o…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-103 Rape
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(a) A person commits rape if he or she engages in sexual intercourse or deviate sexual activity with another person:(1) By forcible compulsion;(2) Who is incapable of consent because he or she is:(A) Physically helpless;(B) Mentally defective; or(C) Mentally incapacitated;(3) (A)…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-104 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 5-14-104Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-105 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 5-14-105Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-106 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 5-14-106Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-107 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 5-14-107Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-108 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 5-14-108Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-109 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 5-14-109Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-110 Sexual indecency with a child
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(a) A person commits sexual indecency with a child if:(1) Being eighteen (18) years of age or older, the person solicits another person who is less than fifteen (15) years of age or who is represented to be less than fifteen (15) years of age to engage in:(A) Sexual intercourse;(…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-111 Public sexual indecency
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(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 …
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-112 Indecent exposure
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-113 Sexual extortion
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-114 Capital rape
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-120 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 5-14-120Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-121 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 5-14-121Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-122 Bestiality
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-123 Exposing another person to human immunodeficiency virus
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(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 …
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-124 Sexual assault in the first degree
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-125 Sexual assault in the second degree
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(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 …
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-126 Sexual assault in the third degree
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-127 Sexual assault in the fourth degree
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(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(…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-128 Registered offender living near school, public park, youth center, daycare, or church or other place of worship prohibited
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-129 Registered offender working with children prohibited
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(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 …
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-130 Registered offender — Incorrect permanent physical address on identification cards or driver's license prohibited
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-131 Registered offender living near victim or having contact with victim prohibited
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-132 Registered offender prohibited from entering upon school campus — Exception
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-133 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 5-14-133Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-134 Registered offender prohibited from entering a water park, swimming area, or children's playground contained within a public park
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-135 Registered offender prohibited from participating in certain Halloween-related activities
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-136 Unlawful female genital mutilation of a minor
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-137 Registered offender prohibited from recording person under 14 years of age — Unlawful use of recording online
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(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 …
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-138 Registered offender prohibited from purchasing, owning, possessing, using, or operating unmanned aircraft
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-139 Unlawful creation or distribution of deepfake visual material
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-201 Definitions
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(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…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-14-202 Access by prosecutors to medical records of persons charged with sex crimes — Victim notification of health risk
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(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…