Title 5 — Criminal Offenses
54 chapters · 1,112 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-72-101 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 5-72-101Current 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. § 5-72-102 Removal of trees growing on navigable rivers or streams
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(a) (1) It is unlawful to remove any tree growing below the ordinary high watermark, as defined in § 15-22-202, on any river or stream in this state that has been designated as a navigable river or stream by a legislative act.(2) However, an authorized representative of the Unite…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-72-103 Cutting timber on swamp and overflowed lands
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(a) Any person who cuts, destroys, or removes any timber standing on any of the swamp and overflowed lands granted by the United States Congress to this state is subject to indictment and upon conviction is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. (b) Additionally, restitution is set at …
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-72-104 Leaving timber in navigable stream, drainage ditch, or stream bed
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(a) It is unlawful for any person, partnership, company, or corporation cutting any timber or tree in this state to leave any tree top, tree trunk, or tree limb in any navigable stream, drainage ditch, or stream bed of any improved drainage project. (b) (1) Any person, partnershi…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-72-105 Obstruction of drains by timber or material — Floating logs or boom
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(a) (1) It is unlawful for any person or corporation to cause any timber, tree, or material to be felled or thrown into any ditch, drain, stream, or canal, whether natural or artificial, that tends to obstruct the free flow of water in the ditch, drain, stream, or canal.(2) Howev…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-72-106 Obstructing natural drains
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(a) It is unlawful for any person to obstruct in any manner any natural drain in this state. (b) Any person that obstructs in violation of subsection (a) of this section any natural drain is guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than one hun…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-72-107 Keeping dams sufficiently open
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(a) Any person owning, operating, or controlling any dam or other obstruction across any river, creek, or other stream in this state shall at all times keep the dam or other obstruction open so as to permit a flow of water sufficient to maintain fish life in the stream below the …
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-72-108 Injuring or destroying bridges, dams, levees, or embankments
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Any person who willfully and maliciously cuts down, breaks, injures, or destroys any bridge, mill-dam or other dam, or levee erected or constructed to create hydraulic power or to prevent the overflow of lands or any embankment necessary to support the dam or levee or makes or ca…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-72-109 Injuring levees
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(a) Should any person cut, break, or in any way damage any public levee constructed or to be constructed, by authority of this state, or paid for or to be paid for, out of any funds of this state, or out of the funds of any county or public corporation, in whole or in part, that …
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-72-110 Driving on levees — Destruction of barricades
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(a) If any public levee or any private levee is constructed and maintained for the purpose of protection against overflow, any person who drives any vehicle or rides on the levee without the consent of the owner, using the levee as a road bed, or who cuts, tears down, destroys, o…
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-72-111 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 5-72-111Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved