Title 5 — Criminal Offenses

(a) The action authorized in § 5-68-406 is commenced by the filing of a complaint to which is attached as an exhibit a true copy of the allegedly obscene mailable matter. (b) The complaint shall:(1) Be directed against the mailable matter by name or description;(2) Allege the mai…

(a) Upon the filing of the complaint described in § 5-68-407, the prosecuting attorney shall present the complaint, including the exhibit to the complaint, as soon as practicable to the circuit court for its examination. (b) If there is no probable cause to believe that the maila…

(a) On or before the return date specified in the order to show cause, the mailable matter and each respondent may file an answer or other defense. (b) By order, the circuit court may permit any person to appear and file an answer as amicus curiae. (c) If no person files an answe…

(a) The public interest requires that any action prescribed in this subchapter, other than a criminal action under § 5-68-405, be heard and disposed of with the maximum promptness and dispatch commensurate with constitutional requirements, including due process, freedom of the pr…

(1) If the circuit court finds the mailable matter to be obscene, it shall enter judgment to that effect and may, in the judgment or in a subsequent order of enforcement of the judgment:(1) Enter a permanent injunction against any respondent prohibiting the respondent from doing …

(a) Any order granting an injunction shall:(1) Set forth the reasons for its issuance;(2) Be specific in terms;(3) Describe in reasonable detail, and not by reference to the complaint or other document, the act sought to be restrained; and(4) Be binding only upon the respondents …

Any respondent or any officer, agent, servant, employee, or attorney of the respondent or any person in active concert or participation by contract or arrangement with the respondent, that receives actual notice, by personal service or otherwise, of any injunction or restraining …

In any case in which a circuit court has entered its judgment, pursuant to § 5-68-411, that the mailable matter in question is obscene, and a charge of continuing violation is brought against a person that, being a respondent to the judgment, cannot be found in this state, the Go…

(a) (1) The possession of any three (3) of the things enumerated in § 5-68-405, except the possession of them for the purpose of return to the person from whom received, creates a presumption that the things are intended for sale or commercial distribution, exhibition, or gift.(2…

In order to protect the morals and general welfare of the citizens and residents of this state against obscene printed or written matter or material originating outside this state, it is the purpose of this section to subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state those …

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “CD-ROM” means a compact disk that:(A) Has the capacity to store graphic, audio, video, and written material; and(B) May be used by a computer or other device to play or display material harmful to minors;(2) “Harmful to minors” means that quali…

(a) It is unlawful for any person, including without limitation any person having custody, control, or supervision of any commercial establishment, to knowingly:(1) (A) Display material that is harmful to minors in such a way that the material is exposed to the view of a minor as…

A.C.A. § 5-68-503Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

(a) It is declared to be unlawful for any person in any manner to change, extend, or alter, or to cause to be changed, extended, or altered, any service or other pipe or attachment of any kind, by or through which natural or artificial gas is furnished from the gas mains or pipes…

(a) The use of natural gas within the State of Arkansas for the purpose of obtaining the carbon black content by the process of burning is prohibited. (b) The erection, enlargement, maintenance, and operation of any plant in the State of Arkansas for the purpose of burning natura…

(a) A person upon conviction is guilty of a Class D felony if the person knowingly violates:(1) Section 14-271-110(a);(2) An order, safety standard, or rule of the Arkansas Public Service Commission pursuant to § 23-15-205;(3) Section 23-15-206(b);(4) Section 23-15-206(c);(5) Sec…

(1) As used in this chapter:(1) “Advances prostitution” means a person if, acting other than as a prostitute or a patron of a prostitute, that person knowingly:(A) Causes or aids a person to commit or engage in prostitution;(B) Procures or solicits a patron for prostitution;(C) P…

(a) A person commits prostitution if in return for or in expectation of a fee he or she engages in or agrees or offers to engage in sexual activity with any other person. (b) Prostitution is a:(1) Class B misdemeanor for the first offense; and(2) Class A misdemeanor for a second …

(a) A person commits the offense of sexual solicitation if he or she:(1) Offers or agrees to pay a fee to a person to engage in sexual activity with him or her or another person; or(2) Solicits or requests a person to engage in sexual activity with him or her in return for a fee.…

(a) A person commits the offense of promoting prostitution in the first degree if he or she knowingly:(1) Advances prostitution by compelling a person by use of physical force, intimidation, or coercion to engage in prostitution;(2) Profits from conduct prohibited under subdivisi…

(a) A person commits the offense of promoting prostitution in the second degree if he or she knowingly:(1) Manages, supervises, controls, or owns, either alone or in association with another person, a house of prostitution or a prostitution enterprise involving two (2) or more pe…

(a) A person commits the offense of promoting prostitution in the third degree if:(1) Having a possessory or proprietary interest in premises that he or she knows is being used for prostitution, the person fails to make reasonable effort to halt or abate the use for prostitution;…

(a) A person commits the offense of sexual solicitation of a minor if he or she:(1) Offers or agrees to pay a fee or provide a thing of value to a person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is a minor to engage in sexual activity with the person who he or she knows or r…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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.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

(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.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

(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.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

(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 …