Title 5, Criminal Offenses

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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 …

(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…

(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…

(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, …

(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…

(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…

(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 …

(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…

(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…

(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 …

(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…

(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…

(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 …

(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 …

(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…

(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…

(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 …

(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…