Title 12 — Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs
49 chapters · 1,343 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-817 Failure to obey order or rule
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(1) Any person subject to this code shall be punished as a court-martial may direct if he or she:(1) (A) Violates or fails to obey any lawful order or rule. A lawful order or rule is a written, electronic, nonverbal, or oral communication by a member of the United States Armed Fo…
Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-818 Cruelty and maltreatment
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Any person subject to this code who is guilty of cruelty toward or oppression or maltreatment of any person subject to his or her orders shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-819 Mutiny or sedition
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(a) (1) Any person subject to this code is guilty of mutiny if he or she, with intent to usurp or override lawful military authority refuses, in concert with any other person, to obey orders or otherwise do his or her duty or creates any violence or disturbance.(2) Any person sub…
Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-820 Resistance, break of arrest, and escape
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A person subject to this code who resists apprehension or breaks arrest or who escapes from physical restraint, custody, or confinement lawfully imposed shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-821 Releasing prisoner without proper authority
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Any person subject to this code who, without proper authority, releases any prisoner committed to his or her charge, or who through neglect or design suffers any such prisoner to escape, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct, whether or not the prisoner was committed in…
Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-822 Unlawful detention of another
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Any person subject to this code who, except as provided by law or regulation, apprehends, arrests, or confines any person shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-823 Noncompliance with procedural rules
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(1) Any person subject to this code shall be punished as a court-martial may direct if he or she:(1) Is responsible for unnecessary delay in the disposition of any case of a person accused of an offense under this code; or(2) Knowingly and intentionally fails to enforce or comply…
Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-824 Misbehavior before the enemy
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(1) Any person subject to this code shall be punished as a court-martial may direct if he or she, before or in the presence of the enemy:(1) Runs away;(2) Shamefully abandons, surrenders, or delivers up any command, unit, place, or military property which it is his or her duty to…
Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-825 Subordinate compelling surrender
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Any person subject to this code who compels or attempts to compel the commander of any force of the organized militia of this state, or of any other state, to give it up to an enemy or to abandon it, or who strikes the colors or flag to an enemy without proper authority, shall be…
Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-826 Improper use of countersign
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Any person subject to this code who in time of war discloses the parole or countersign to any person not entitled to receive it, or who gives to another who is entitled to receive and use the parole or countersign, a different parole or countersign from that which, to his or her …
Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-827 Captured or abandoned property
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(a) All persons subject to this code shall secure all public property taken from the enemy for the service of the State of Arkansas or the United States and shall give notice and turn over to the proper authority without delay all captured or abandoned property in their possessio…
Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-828 Aiding the enemy
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(1) Any person subject to this code shall be punished as a court-martial may direct if he or she:(1) Aids, or attempts to aid, the enemy with arms, ammunition, supplies, money, or other things; or(2) Without proper authority, knowingly harbors or protects or gives intelligence to…
Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-829 Misconduct as a prisoner
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(1) Any person subject to this code shall be punished as a court-martial may direct if he or she, while in the hands of the enemy in time of war:(1) For the purpose of securing favorable treatment by his or her captors, acts without proper authority in a manner contrary to law, c…
Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-830 False official statements
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Any person subject to this code who, with intent to deceive, signs any false record, return, regulation, rule, order, or other official document, knowing it to be false, or makes any other false official statement knowing it to be false, shall be punished as a court-martial may d…
Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-831 Misuse of military property
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(1) Any person subject to this code shall be punished as a court-martial may direct if, without proper authority, he or she:(1) Sells or otherwise disposes of;(2) Willfully or through neglect damages, destroys, or loses; or(3) Willfully or through neglect suffers to be lost, dama…
Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-832 Misuse of nonmilitary property
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Any person subject to this code who, while in a duty status, willfully or recklessly wastes, spoils, or otherwise willfully and wrongfully destroys or damages any property other than military property of the United States or of the state shall be punished as a court-martial may d…
Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-833 Improper hazarding of vessel or vehicle
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(a) A person subject to this code who willfully and wrongfully hazards or suffers to be hazarded any vessel or vehicle of the United States Armed Forces or of the organized militia shall be punished as a court-martial may direct. (b) A person subject to this code who negligently …
Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-834 Drunken or reckless driving
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Any person subject to this code who operates any vehicle while under the influence of intoxicants or drugs, or in a reckless or wanton manner, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-835 Misbehavior while at post
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Any person subject to this code who is found drunk on duty or sleeping upon his or her post, or who leaves his or her post before he or she is regularly relieved, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-836 Dueling or fighting
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A person subject to this code who fights, without authority, or promotes, or is concerned in or connives at fighting or dueling, or who, having knowledge of a challenge sent or about to be sent, fails to report the fact promptly to the proper authority shall be punished as a cour…
Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-837 Malingering
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(1) Any person subject to this code shall be punished as a court-martial may direct if he or she, for the purpose of avoiding work, duty, or service in the organized militia:(1) Feigns illness, physical disablement, mental lapse, or derangement; or(2) Intentionally inflicts self-…
Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-838 Riot or breach of peace
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Any person subject to this code who causes or participates in any riot or breach of the peace shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-839 Provoking speeches or gestures
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Any person subject to this code who uses provoking or reproachful words or gestures towards any other person subject to this code shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-840 Perjury
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Any person subject to this code who in a judicial proceeding or in a course of justice conducted under this code willfully and corruptly gives, upon a lawful oath or in any form allowed by law to be substituted for an oath, any false testimony material to the issue or matter of i…
Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-841 Frauds against the government
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(1) Any person subject to this code shall, upon conviction, be punished as a court-martial may direct if he or she:(1) Knowing it to be false or fraudulent makes any claim against the United States, the state or any officer thereof; or presents to any person in the civil or milit…
Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-842 Stealing property
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A person subject to this code who wrongfully and fraudulently takes and carries away or exercises unauthorized control over the property of another with intent to deprive the owner of the property shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-843 Conduct unbecoming to an officer
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Any commissioned officer who is convicted of conduct unbecoming to an officer shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-844 General article — Offenses cognizable by courts-martial
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Though not specifically mentioned in this code, all disorders and neglects to the prejudice of good order and discipline in the organized militia, all conduct of a nature to bring discredit upon the organized militia, and crimes and offenses not capital, of which persons subject …
Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-845 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 12-64-845Current 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. § 12-64-846 Sexual harassment
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(1) A person subject to this code shall be punished as a court-martial may direct if the person:(1) Repetitively engages in behavior that involves unwelcome sexual advances;(2) Requests sexual favors from or offers sexual favors to a subordinate; or(3) Engages in other verbal or …
Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-847 Use or possession of a controlled substance
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(a) As used in this section, “controlled substance” means:(1) Amphetamine;(2) Cocaine;(3) Heroin;(4) Lysergic acid diethylamide;(5) Marijuana;(6) Methamphetamine;(7) Opium;(8) Phencyclidine;(9) Barbituric acid, including phenobarbital and secobarbital; or(10) Any substance that i…
Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-848 Adultery
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(1) A person subject to this code shall be punished as a court-martial directs if:(1) He or she wrongfully engages in extramarital conduct with another person;(2) At the time the extramarital conduct occurs he or she is married to someone else or knows that the other person is ma…
Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-849 Retaliation
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(1) A person subject to this code shall be punished as a court-martial may direct if he or she, with the intent to retaliate against a person for reporting or planning to report a criminal offense, or with the intent to discourage any person from reporting a criminal offense:(1) …
Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-850 Fraudulent use of credit cards, debit cards, and other access devices
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(1) A person subject to this code shall be punished as a court-martial may direct if the person knowingly and with the intent to defraud obtains anything of value using a:(1) Stolen credit card, debit card, or other access device;(2) Revoked, canceled, or otherwise invalid credit…
Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-851 Prohibited activities by person in position of special trust
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(a) An officer, a noncommissioned officer, or a petty officer shall be punished as a court-martial may direct for abuse of a training leadership position if he or she:(1) Is in a training leadership position with respect to a specially protected junior member of the United States…
Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-852 Sexual assault
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(1) A person subject to this code is guilty of sexual assault and shall be punished as a court-martial directs if the person engages in sexual contact with another person:(1) By forcible compulsion;(2) Who is incapable of consent because he or she is:(A) Physically helpless;(B) M…