Title 5, Criminal Offenses

This subchapter shall be known as the “Arkansas Criminal Use of Property or Laundering Criminal Proceeds Act”.

(a) (1) The General Assembly finds that the State of Arkansas is experiencing an increase in crime committed by criminal gangs, organizations, or enterprises.(2) These criminal gangs, organizations, or enterprises support themselves by engaging in criminal activity for profit, mo…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Conducts” means initiating or concluding, or participating in initiating or concluding, a transaction;(2) “Contraband” means any funds or property or monetary instrument that is criminal proceeds or that was otherwise used with the knowledge an…

(a) A person commits the offense of criminal use of property or laundering criminal proceeds if the person knowingly:(1) Conducts or attempts to conduct a transaction involving criminal proceeds that were derived from any predicate criminal offense, or that were represented to be…

(a) The prosecuting attorney may file an ex parte petition supported by affidavit or recorded sworn testimony before any judicial officer of competent jurisdiction seeking any record or report required to be made by law. (b) The judicial officer may order the custodian to deliver…

(a) Treason against the state shall consist only in:(1) Levying war against the state; or(2) Adhering to the state's enemies, giving them aid and comfort. (1) Levying war against the state; or (2) Adhering to the state's enemies, giving them aid and comfort. (b) No person shall b…

(a) As used in this section, “government in the United States” means the United States Government or the government of the State of Arkansas. (b) It is unlawful for any person to:(1) Knowingly advocate, abet, advise, or teach the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of ove…

If any person shall exercise or attempt to exercise the duties of any office created by the Arkansas Constitution and laws of this state without first being qualified in the manner prescribed by law for the discharge of the duties, the offender upon conviction is guilty of a Clas…

Any person who conspires with one (1) or more other persons to usurp the government of the state by force or otherwise, to overturn the government of this state, or to seize any department of the government of this state, evidenced by any act or by forcible attempt to accomplish …

(a) It is unlawful for any person to:(1) Write, indict, dictate, speak, utter, publish, or declare or be interested in writing, indicting, dictating, speaking, uttering, publishing, or declaring any word, sentence, speech, or article of whatsoever nature or kind, with the intent …

(a) (1) Any person who, for profit, knowingly mutilates, defaces, physically defiles, burns, maintains on the floor or ground, or tramples upon an Arkansas flag shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisoned for not more than one (1) year, or both.(2) Th…

This subchapter may be cited as the “Sabotage Prevention Act”.

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Highway” includes any private or public street, way, or other place used for travel to or from property;(2) “Highway commissioners” means any individual, board, or other body having authority under then-existing law to discontinue the use of th…

Any person who knowingly and intentionally destroys or injures any article or thing belonging to the United States, the State of Arkansas, or any county, city, or other subdivision of this state with intent to hinder or interfere with the owner in the preparation for prosecution …

Any person who knowingly and intentionally makes or causes to be made any defective article or thing to be used by the United States, the State of Arkansas, or any subdivision of this state with intent to injure or hinder the United States, the State of Arkansas, or any subdivisi…

(a) If it becomes necessary for a public highway to be closed to travel for the protection of the public, it is lawful for the prosecuting attorney of the county where the public highway is sought to be closed to apply to the circuit judge for an order closing the public highway,…

(a) A person commits the offense of abuse of public trust if the person:(1) Solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept on behalf of any person, political party, or other organization any benefit from another person upon an agreement or understanding that the other person will or may …

(a) A person commits the offense of soliciting unlawful compensation if he or she requests a benefit for the performance of an official action as a public servant knowing that he or she is required to perform that action:(1) Without compensation, other than authorized salary or a…

(a) A person commits the offense of attempting to influence a public servant if he or she threatens violence or economic reprisal against any person or uses deceit with the purpose to alter or affect a public servant's decision, vote, opinion, or action concerning any matter whic…

(a) A public servant commits the offense of misuse of confidential information if, in contemplation of official action by himself or herself or a governmental unit with which he or she is associated or in reliance on information to which he or she has access in his or her officia…

(a) A person commits the offense of abuse of office if, being a public servant, or being a person elected, appointed, or otherwise designated to become a public servant although not yet occupying that position, and with the purpose of benefiting in a pecuniary fashion or obtainin…

(a) Except for the compensation a member of the General Assembly is entitled to from the State of Arkansas for the performance of his or her duties, no member shall solicit or accept compensation for speeches or other appearances before a group of persons unless the appearance is…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) (A) “False material statement” means any false statement, regardless of its admissibility under the rules of evidence, which affects or could affect the course or outcome of an official proceeding or the action or decision of a public servant in…

(a) A person commits perjury if in an official proceeding he or she knowingly:(1) Makes a false material statement under an oath required or authorized by law;(2) Applies for or submits an absentee ballot for a city, school district, county, state, or federal election knowing tha…

(a) A person commits false swearing if other than in an official proceeding he or she makes a false material statement, knowing it to be false, under an oath required or authorized by law or in an unsworn declaration under the Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act, § 16-2-201 …

(a) It is a defense to a prosecution for perjury that the defendant retracted his or her false material statement:(1) In a manner showing a complete and voluntary retraction of the statement;(2) During the course of the same official proceeding in which the statement was made; an…

(1) It is no defense to a prosecution under §§ 5-53-102 and 5-53-103 that:(1) The oath was administered or taken in an irregular manner; or(2) The person administering the oath lacked authority to administer the oath if the taking of the oath was required by law. (1) The oath was…

(a) When a person charged with perjury or false swearing has made inconsistent material statements under oath and affecting the same matter or transaction, all the several inconsistent material statements may be charged in different counts of the same indictment or information. (…

Except for a prosecution based upon inconsistent statements, in any prosecution for perjury or false swearing falsity of a statement may not be established solely through contradiction by the uncorroborated testimony of a single witness.

(a) A person commits witness bribery if he or she:(1) Offers, confers, or agrees to confer any benefit upon a witness or a person he or she believes may be called as a witness with the purpose of:(A) Influencing the testimony of that person;(B) Inducing that person to avoid legal…

(a) A person commits the offense of intimidating a witness if he or she threatens a witness or a person he or she believes may be called as a witness with the purpose of:(1) Influencing the testimony of that person;(2) Inducing that person to avoid legal process summoning that pe…

(a) A person commits the offense of tampering if, believing that an official proceeding or investigation is pending or about to be instituted, he or she induces or attempts to induce another person to:(1) Testify or inform falsely;(2) Withhold any unprivileged testimony, informat…

(a) A person commits the offense of tampering with physical evidence if he or she alters, destroys, suppresses, removes, or conceals any record, document, or thing with the purpose of impairing its verity, legibility, or availability in any official proceeding or investigation. (…

(a) A person commits the offense of retaliation against a witness, informant, or juror if he or she harms or threatens to harm another by any unlawful act in retaliation for anything lawfully done in the capacity of witness, informant, or juror. (b) Retaliation against a witness,…

(a) A person commits juror bribery if he or she:(1) Offers, confers, or agrees to confer any benefit upon a juror with the purpose of influencing the juror's vote, decision, or other action as a juror; or(2) Solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept any benefit and the receipt of th…

(a) A person commits the offense of intimidating a juror, a witness, or an informant if he or she threatens a juror, a witness, or an informant with the purpose of influencing the juror's vote or decision or the witness's or informant's statement or testimony. (b) Intimidating a …

(a) A person commits the offense of jury tampering if he or she attempts directly or indirectly to communicate with a juror, other than as a part of the official proceedings in which the juror is participating, with the purpose of influencing the juror's vote, decision, or other …

(a) A person commits the offense of simulating legal process if, with the purpose of obtaining anything of value, he or she knowingly delivers or causes to be delivered to another a request, demand, or notice that simulates any legal process issued by any court of this state. (b)…

(a) Any officer or any person who knowingly brings or aids and encourages another person to bring a frivolous, groundless, or malicious prosecution upon conviction is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (b) Any officer or any person who knowingly brings or aids or encourages another…

Any person whose duty it is to select or summon any jurors in any court or before any officer who is guilty of any unlawful, partial, or improper conduct in selecting or summoning any juror is guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than one h…

(a) (1) A person commits the offense of violation of an order of protection if:(A) A circuit court or other court with competent jurisdiction has issued a temporary order of protection or an order of protection against the person pursuant to the Domestic Abuse Act of 1991, § 9-15…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Immediate family” means the spouse or child of a judicial official or juror;(2) “Judicial official” means any:(A) District judge, circuit judge, or Court of Appeals judge;(B) Supreme Court Justice; or(C) Person authorized to hear evidence under…

(a) A person commits the offense of threatening a judicial official or juror if the person directly or indirectly utters or otherwise makes a threat toward another person whom the person knows or reasonably should know to be a:(1) Judicial official;(2) Juror; or(3) Member of the …

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Arkansas State Hospital” includes any subdivision or facility of the Arkansas State Hospital and any other hospital established by law or legally designated for similar purposes;(2) (A) “Correctional facility” means any place used for the confi…

(a) A person commits the offense of obstructing governmental operations if the person:(1) Knowingly obstructs, impairs, or hinders the performance of any governmental function;(2) Knowingly refuses to provide information requested by an employee of a governmental agency relating …

(a) (1) A person commits the offense of resisting arrest if he or she knowingly resists a person known by him or her to be a law enforcement officer effecting an arrest.(2) As used in this subsection, “resists” means using or threatening to use physical force or any other means t…