Arkansas Code Title 5, Subtitle 5, Chapter 53, Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

• § 5-53-101 - Definitions.
  As used in this subchapter: (1) (A) "False material statement" means any false statement, regardless of its admissibility under the rules of evidence, which...
• § 5-53-102 - Perjury Generally.
  (a) A person commits perjury if in an official proceeding he or she knowingly: (1) Makes a false material statement under an oath required...
• § 5-53-103 - False Swearing Generally.
  (a) A person commits false swearing if other than in an official proceeding he or she makes a false material statement, knowing it to...
• § 5-53-104 - Perjury -- Retraction.
  (a) It is a defense to a prosecution for perjury that the defendant retracted his or her false material statement: (1) In a manner...
• § 5-53-105 - Perjury or False Swearing -- Oath.
  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;...
• § 5-53-106 - Perjury or False Swearing -- Inconsistent Statements.
  (a) When a person charged with perjury or false swearing has made inconsistent material statements under oath and affecting the same matter or transaction,...
• § 5-53-107 - Perjury or False Swearing -- Proof.
  Except for a prosecution based upon inconsistent statements, in any prosecution for perjury or false swearing falsity of a statement may not be established...
• § 5-53-108 - Witness Bribery.
  (a) A person commits witness bribery if he or she: (1) Offers, confers, or agrees to confer any benefit upon a witness or a...
• § 5-53-109 - Intimidating a Witness.
  (a) A person commits the offense of intimidating a witness if he or she threatens a witness or a person he or she believes...
• § 5-53-110 - Tampering.
  (a) A person commits the offense of tampering if, believing that an official proceeding or investigation is pending or about to be instituted, he...
• § 5-53-111 - Tampering With Physical Evidence.
  (a) A person commits the offense of tampering with physical evidence if he or she alters, destroys, suppresses, removes, or conceals any record, document,...
• § 5-53-112 - Retaliation Against a Witness, Informant, or Juror.
  (a) A person commits the offense of retaliation against a witness, informant, or juror if he or she harms or threatens to harm another...
• § 5-53-113 - Juror Bribery.
  (a) A person commits juror bribery if he or she: (1) Offers, confers, or agrees to confer any benefit upon a juror with the...
• § 5-53-114 - Intimidating a Juror, a Witness, or an Informant.
  (a) A person commits the offense of intimidating a juror, a witness, or an informant if he or she threatens a juror, a witness,...
• § 5-53-115 - Jury Tampering.
  (a) A person commits the offense of jury tampering if he or she attempts directly or indirectly to communicate with a juror, other than...
• § 5-53-116 - Simulating Legal Process.
  (a) A person commits the offense of simulating legal process if, with the purpose of obtaining anything of value, he or she knowingly delivers...
• § 5-53-117 -- 5-53-129 - [Reserved.]
• § 5-53-130 - [Repealed.]
• § 5-53-131 - Frivolous, Groundless, or Malicious Prosecutions.
  Any officer or any person who knowingly brings or aids and encourages another to bring a frivolous, groundless, or malicious prosecution is guilty of...
• § 5-53-132 - Misconduct in Selecting or Summoning Jurors.
  Any person whose duty it is to select or summon any jurors in any court or before any officer who is guilty of any...
• § 5-53-133 - Approaching Jury Commissioners to Influence Juror Selections.
  (a) (1) It is unlawful for any person to approach any jury commissioner for the purpose of having any person placed upon a grand...
• § 5-53-134 - Violation of an Order of Protection.
  (a) (1) A person commits the offense of violation of an order of protection if: (A) A circuit court or other court with competent...

Last modified: November 15, 2016