Title 5 — Criminal Offenses
54 chapters · 1,112 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-71-101 Definitions
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(1) As used in this chapter:(1) “Alcoholic beverage” means:(A) Beer, ale, porter, stout, sake, or other similar fermented beverage of any name or description containing five-tenths percent (0.5%) or more of alcohol by volume, brewed or produced from malt, wholly or in part, or fr…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-71-201 Riot
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(a) A person commits the offense of riot if, with two (2) or more other persons, he or she knowingly engages in tumultuous or violent conduct that creates a substantial risk of:(1) Causing public alarm;(2) Disrupting the performance of a governmental function; or(3) Damaging or i…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-71-202 Aggravated riot
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(a) A person commits the offense of aggravated riot if he or she commits the offense of riot when:(1) The person knowingly possesses a deadly weapon; or(2) The person knows that another person with whom he or she is acting possesses a deadly weapon. (1) The person knowingly posse…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-71-203 Inciting riot
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(a) A person commits the offense of inciting riot if he or she knowingly:(1) By speech or conduct urges others to participate in a riot under circumstances that produce a clear and present danger that they will participate in a riot; or(2) Gives commands, instructions, or signals…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-71-204 Arming rioters
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(a) A person commits the offense of arming rioters if he or she:(1) Furnishes a deadly weapon or explosive device to another person knowing the deadly weapon or explosive device is to be used in a riot; or(2) Instructs another person in the preparation or use of a deadly weapon o…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-71-205 Unlawful assembly
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(a) A person commits the offense of unlawful assembly if he or she:(1) Assembles with two (2) or more other persons; and(2) Has the purpose of engaging in conduct constituting a riot. (1) Assembles with two (2) or more other persons; and (2) Has the purpose of engaging in conduct…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-71-206 Failure to disperse
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(a) A person commits the offense of failure to disperse if, during a riot or an unlawful assembly, he or she refuses or knowingly fails to disperse when ordered to disperse by a law enforcement officer or other person engaged in enforcing or executing the law. (b) It is a defense…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-71-207 Disorderly conduct
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(a) A person commits the offense of disorderly conduct if, with the purpose to cause public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm or recklessly creating a risk of public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm, he or she:(1) Engages in fighting or in violent, threatening, or tumultuous b…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-71-208 Harassment
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(a) A person commits the offense of harassment if:(1) With purpose to harass, annoy, or alarm another person, without good cause, he or she:(A) Strikes, shoves, kicks, or otherwise touches a person, subjects that person to offensive physical contact or attempts or threatens to do…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-71-209 Harassing communications
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(a) As used in this section, “electronic device” includes a computer, cell phone, tablet, smartphone, or any other device that connects to the internet or is used in the electronic transmission of communication or information. (b) A person commits the offense of harassing communi…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-71-210 Communicating a false alarm
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(a) A person commits the offense of communicating a false alarm if he or she purposely initiates or circulates a report of a present, past, or impending bombing, fire, offense, catastrophe, or other emergency while knowing that the report is false or baseless and knowing that it …
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-71-211 Threatening a fire or bombing
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(a) A person commits the offense of threatening a fire or bombing if he or she purposely threatens damage or injury to the person or property of another person by bombing, fire, or other means, in a manner likely to:(1) Place another person in reasonable apprehension of:(A) Physi…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-71-212 Public intoxication — Drinking in public
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(a) A person commits the offense of public intoxication if he or she appears in a public place manifestly under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance to the degree and under circumstances such that:(1) The person is likely to endanger himself or herself or another pe…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-71-213 Loitering
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(a) A person commits the offense of loitering if he or she:(1) Lingers, remains, or prowls in a public place or the premises of another person without apparent reason and under circumstances that warrant alarm or concern for the safety of persons or property in the vicinity and, …
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-71-214 Obstructing a highway or other public passage
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(a) A person commits the offense of obstructing a highway or other public passage if, having no legal privilege to do so and acting alone or with another person, he or she renders any highway or other public passage impassable to pedestrian or vehicular traffic. (b) It is a defen…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-71-215 Defacing or damaging a public building or an object of public respect
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(a) A person commits the offense of defacing or damaging a public building or an object of public respect if he or she purposely:(1) Defaces, mars, vandalizes, destroys, or otherwise damages the State Capitol Building, any building on the State Capitol grounds, any building on th…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-71-216 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 5-71-216Current 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. § 5-71-217 Cyberbullying
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(a) As used in this section:(1) “Communication” means the electronic communication of information of a person's choosing between or among points specified by the person without change in the form or content of the information as sent and received;(2) “Electronic means” means any …
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-71-218 Possession of open container containing alcohol in a motor vehicle
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(a) It is unlawful for a person to possess an open alcoholic beverage container within an area of a motor vehicle if the area of the motor vehicle is:(1) Designated to seat the driver or a passenger in the motor vehicle; or(2) Readily accessible to the driver or a passenger in th…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-71-219 Unlawful transport of medical marijuana
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(a) As used in this section:(1) “Cultivation facility” means the same as defined in the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment of 2016, Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 98;(2) “Dispensary” means the same as defined in the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment of 2016, Arkansas Const…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-71-220 Unlawful use of medical marijuana
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(a) As used in this section:(1) “Medical marijuana” means marijuana lawfully possessed, transported, or used for medical use under state law;(2) “Smoke” means to inhale, exhale, or burn lighted combustible plant material; and(3) “Vapor inhalation” means breathing in the vapor of …
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-71-221 Possession of uncontained medical marijuana in a motor vehicle
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(a) As used in this section:(1) “Medical marijuana” means marijuana lawfully possessed, transported, or used for medical use under state law;(2) “Smoking” means inhaling, exhaling, or burning lighted combustible plant material; and(3) “Uncontained” means not contained in a jar, b…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-71-225 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 5-71-225Current 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. § 5-71-226 Disruption of campus activities
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(a) (1) It is unlawful for any group composed of two (2) or more persons to act jointly with one another or attempt any action in conjunction with one another at a public, private, or parochial school or college of this state, to:(A) Obstruct or bar any hallway or door of any cam…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-71-227 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 5-71-227Current 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. § 5-71-228 Obstruction of shooting, hunting, fishing, or trapping activities
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(a) (1) It is unlawful for any person to willfully obstruct or impede the participation of any individual in the lawful activity of shooting, hunting, fishing, or trapping in this state.(2) Nothing in this section prohibits a landowner or lessee from exercising his or her lawful …
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-71-229 Stalking
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(a) (1) A person commits stalking in the first degree if he or she knowingly engages in a course of conduct that would place a reasonable person in the victim's position under emotional distress and in fear for his or her safety or a third person's safety, and the actor:(A) Does …
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-71-230 Violation of the protection of peace for mourning at a funeral
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(a) As used in this section:(1) (A) “Funeral” means a ceremony or memorial service held in connection with the burial or cremation of a person who has died in which the family of the deceased has a personal stake in memorializing and honoring the deceased and the desire to be abl…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-71-301 Definitions
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(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Civil disorder” means any public disturbance involving an act of violence by an assemblage of three (3) or more persons that causes an immediate danger of or results in damage or injury to the property or person of any other individual;(2) “Exp…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-71-302 Promoting civil disorder in the first degree
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(1) Any person who teaches or demonstrates to any other person the use, application, or construction of any firearm or explosive or incendiary device capable of causing injury or death to any person, knowing or intending that the firearm or explosive or incendiary device be used …
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-71-303 Unaffected lawful uses of weapons
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(1) Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to prohibit the training or teaching of the use of a weapon for:(1) A law enforcement purpose;(2) Hunting;(3) Recreation;(4) Competition; or(5) Any other lawful use or activity. (1) A law enforcement purpose; (2) Hunting; (3) Recr…