Title 5, Criminal Offenses

(1) In addition to the penalties set forth in this subchapter, any recipient of a food stamp found guilty of a violation set forth in this subchapter is ineligible for further participation in the food stamp program, as follows:(1) For a period of one (1) year, upon the first occ…

(a) (1) A federal Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) participant who intentionally makes a false or misleading statement or intentionally conceals or withholds a fact to obtain a benefit, sells supplemental food or a voucher to, or exchan…

(a) (1) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly make any material false statement or representation to the State Department for Social Security Administration Disability Determination for the purpose of:(A) Obtaining any benefit or payment;(B) Defeating or wrongfully increasin…

(a) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly place the assessment of property under the name of another person in order to avoid the payment of a fee associated with the property. (b) A violation of this section is a Class B misdemeanor.

(a) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Lottery” means the same as defined in § 23-115-103 of the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Act, § 23-115-101 et seq.; and(2) “Ticket or share” means the same as defined in § 23-115-103 of the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Act, § 23-115-101 et seq. (…

(a) As used in this section, “petition” means a petition under § 3-8-201 et seq., § 3-8-801 et seq., or § 7-9-101 et seq. (b) A person commits the offense of petition fraud:(1) If the person knowingly:(A) Signs a name other than his or her name to a petition;(B) Signs his or her …

(a) A person commits the offense of criminal impersonation in an election if he or she knowingly impersonates another person in an attempt to vote in a city, school district, county, state, or federal election. (b) Criminal impersonation in an election is a Class D felony.

(a) A person commits abuse of a corpse if, except as authorized by law, he or she knowingly:(1) Disinters, removes, dissects, or mutilates a corpse;(2) Sells a corpse, or any part of a corpse, after the corpse has been authorized for final disposition through cremation or burial;…

(a) (1) As used in this section, “novelty lighter” means a product commonly used by consumers to ignite cigarettes, cigars, pipes, gas grills, or other combustible material that has entertaining audio or visual features that depict or resemble in physical form or function article…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Critical infrastructure” means:(A) An electrical power generation or delivery system;(B) A petroleum refinery;(C) A chemical or rubber manufacturing facility;(D) A petroleum or chemical storage facility;(E) A railroad operating facility;(F) A comm…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Bus” means any passenger bus or coach or other motor vehicle having a seating capacity of not fewer than fifteen (15) passengers operated by a bus transportation company for the purpose of carrying passengers or cargo for hire, but not to include …

(a) It is unlawful for any corporation, company, individual person, or association of persons to leave any shaft, well, or other opening uncovered on any unenclosed land. (b) Any corporation, company, individual person, or association of persons who digs any shaft, well, or other…

(a) When the owner of land abandons or ceases to use any dug water well located on the land, he or she shall either fill the well or place a sturdy cover over the well to prevent animals and persons from falling into the well. (b) Any person who willfully fails or refuses to eith…

(a) (1) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly:(A) Breathe, inhale, or drink any compound, liquid, or chemical containing toluol, hexane, trichloroethylene, acetone, toluene, ethyl acetate, methyl ethyl ketone, trichlorathane, isopropanol, methyl isobutyl ketone, methyl cello…

(a) It is unlawful for a person to intercept a wire, landline, oral, telephonic communication, or wireless communication, and to record or possess a recording of the communication unless the person is a party to the communication or one (1) of the parties to the communication has…

(a) It is unlawful to sell a hand-held laser pointer to a person under eighteen (18) years of age. (b) Any person who violates this section is guilty of a violation punishable by a fine of one hundred dollars ($100).

(a) It is unlawful for a person under eighteen (18) years of age to possess a hand-held laser pointer without the supervision of a parent, guardian, or teacher. (b) The hand-held laser pointer shall be seized by a law enforcement officer as contraband.

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Emergency medical services personnel” includes without limitation a governmental, private, or volunteer:(A) Emergency medical services personnel;(B) Rescue technician; or(C) Emergency medical care provider; and(2) “First responder” means a firefig…

(a) A person commits the offense of interference with emergency communication in the first degree if he or she knowingly displaces, damages, or disables another person's telephone or other communication device with the purpose of defeating the other person's ability to request wi…

(a) A person commits the offense of interference with emergency communication in the second degree if he or she recklessly prevents, interrupts, disrupts, impedes, or interferes with another person's attempt to request with good cause emergency assistance from a law enforcement a…

(a) A person commits the offense of unlawful possession, disclosure, display, distribution, or use of an image captured by an unmanned aircraft system if the person:(1) Captures an image in violation of § 5-60-103; and(2) Possesses, discloses, displays, distributes, or otherwise …

(a) As used in this section, “financial institution employee” means an employee who performs financial institution services and is employed by a:(1) State or national bank or trust company;(2) State or federal savings and loan association;(3) State or federal credit union; or(4) …

(a) (1) (A) It is unlawful for a person to:(i) Sell, give away, distribute, or market human or synthetic urine in this state or transport human or synthetic urine into this state with the intent of using the human or synthetic urine to defraud or cause deceitful results in a drug…

Nothing in this subchapter or §§ 20-7-309 and 20-7-310 shall be construed to encourage, conflict, or otherwise interfere with the preemption of state and local laws under any federal laws or United States Department of Transportation regulations related to drug testing procedures…

(a) It is unlawful for any person to induce another person to have an abortion or to knowingly terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be pregnant with the purpose to cause fetal death unless the person is a physician licensed to practice medicine in the State of Arkansas. (b…

(a) It is unlawful for any person to administer or prescribe any medicine or drug to any woman with child with the intent to produce an abortion or premature delivery of any fetus before or after the period of quickening or to produce or attempt to produce the abortion by any oth…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Abortion” means a chemical abortion as defined in § 20-16-2502; and(2) (A) “Abortion-inducing drug” means a medicine, drug, combination of drugs or chemicals, or any other substance used with the intent of causing an abortion, including without li…

This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Human Life Protection Act”.

(a) The General Assembly finds that:(1) It is time for the United States Supreme Court to redress and correct the grave injustice and the crime against humanity which is being perpetuated by its decisions in Roe v. Wade, Doe v. Bolton, and Planned Parenthood v. Casey;(2) The Unit…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) (A) “Abortion” means the act of using, prescribing, administering, procuring, or selling of any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other substance, device, or means with the purpose to terminate the pregnancy of a woman, with knowledge that the …

(a) A person shall not purposely perform or attempt to perform an abortion except to save the life of a pregnant woman in a medical emergency. (b) Performing or attempting to perform an abortion is an unclassified felony with a fine not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($10…

This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Unborn Child Protection Act”.

(a) The General Assembly finds that:(1) It is time for the United States Supreme Court to redress and correct the grave injustice and the crime against humanity which is being perpetuated by its decisions in Roe v. Wade, Doe v. Bolton, and Planned Parenthood v. Casey;(2) The Unit…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) (A) “Abortion” means the act of using, prescribing, administering, procuring, or selling of any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other substance, device, or means with the purpose to terminate the pregnancy of a woman, with knowledge that the …

(a) A person shall not purposely perform or attempt to perform an abortion except to save the life of a pregnant woman in a medical emergency. (b) Performing or attempting to perform an abortion is an unclassified felony with a fine not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($10…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Abandon” means to desert, surrender, forsake, or to give up absolutely;(2) “Animal” means any living vertebrate creature, except human beings and fish;(3) “Animal control officer” means an officer employed by or under contract with an agency of…

(a) A person commits the offense of cruelty to animals if he or she knowingly:(1) Subjects any animal to cruel mistreatment;(2) Kills or injures any animal owned by another person without legal privilege or consent of the owner;(3) Abandons an animal at a location without providi…

(a) A person commits the offense of aggravated cruelty to a dog, cat, or equine if he or she knowingly tortures any dog, cat, or equine. (b) A person who pleads guilty or nolo contendere to or is found guilty of aggravated cruelty to a dog, cat, or equine:(1) Shall be guilty of a…

(a) This subchapter does not prohibit any of the following activities:(1) Reasonably acting to protect a person or a person's property from damage;(2) Injuring or humanely killing an animal on the property of a person if the person is acting as a reasonable person would act under…

(a) (1) Unless otherwise ordered by a court, for purposes of this subchapter, an animal that has been seized by a law enforcement officer or animal control officer under this subchapter shall remain at the appropriate place of custody for a period of at least fifteen (15) consecu…

Except as provided in § 5-54-122, a person who in good faith reports a suspected incident of cruelty to animals, § 5-62-103, or aggravated cruelty to a dog, cat, or equine, § 5-62-104, to a local law enforcement agency or to the Division of Arkansas State Police is immune from ci…

(a) If a law enforcement officer arrests a person in charge of any vehicle drawn by or containing an animal, the law enforcement officer may seize the animal and impound in any lawful manner the vehicle and the contents of the vehicle. (b) (1) A law enforcement officer that seize…

(a) A licensed veterinarian or a person acting at the direction of a licensed veterinarian in Arkansas is:(1) Held harmless from either criminal or civil liability for any decision made or service rendered in conjunction with this subchapter; and(2) Immune from suit for his or he…

(a) A person may lawfully interfere to prevent the imminent or ongoing perpetration of any offense of cruelty to animals, § 5-62-103, or aggravated cruelty to a dog, cat, or equine, § 5-62-104, upon any animal in his or her presence. (b) Upon a conviction, a person who knowingly …

(a) Upon conviction, a person who knowingly sells or offers for sale, or uses, or exposes, or causes or procures to be sold or offered for sale, or used, or to be exposed, any equine or other animal having the disease known as “glanders” or “farcy” or any other contagious or infe…

(a) It is unlawful to use a decompression chamber for the destruction of an animal. (b) Use of a decompression chamber for the destruction of an animal is a Class C misdemeanor.