Arkansas Code Title 5, Subtitle 5, Chapter 54, Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

• § 5-54-101 - Definitions.
  As used in this chapter: (1) "Arkansas State Hospital" includes any subdivision or facility of the Arkansas State Hospital and any other hospital established...
• § 5-54-102 - Obstructing Governmental Operations.
  (a) A person commits the offense of obstructing governmental operations if the person: (1) Knowingly obstructs, impairs, or hinders the performance of any governmental...
• § 5-54-103 - Resisting Arrest -- Refusal to Submit to Arrest.
  (a) (1) A person commits the offense of resisting arrest if he or she knowingly resists a person known by him or her to...
• § 5-54-104 - Interference With a Law Enforcement or Code Enforcement Officer.
  (a) (1) A person commits the offense of interference with a law enforcement officer if he or she knowingly employs or threatens to employ...
• § 5-54-105 - Hindering Apprehension or Prosecution.
  (a) A person commits an offense under this section if, with purpose to hinder the apprehension, prosecution, conviction, or punishment of another person for...
• § 5-54-106 - Aiding Consummation of Offense.
  (a) A person commits an offense under this section if he or she knowingly aids another person by: (1) Safeguarding or securing the proceeds...
• § 5-54-107 - Compounding.
  (a) A person commits the offense of compounding if he or she: (1) Solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept any pecuniary benefit as consideration...
• § 5-54-108 - Hindering Prosecution and Compounding -- No Defense.
  It is no defense to a prosecution for hindering prosecution or compounding that the principal offender is not apprehended, prosecuted, convicted, or punished.
• § 5-54-109 - Refusing to Assist Law Enforcement Officer.
  (a) A person commits the offense of refusing to assist a law enforcement officer if, upon command by a person known by him or...
• § 5-54-110 - First Degree Escape.
  (a) A person commits the offense of first degree escape if: (1) At any time, including from the point of departure from confinement to...
• § 5-54-111 - Second Degree Escape.
  (a) A person commits the offense of second degree escape if he or she: (1) At any time, including from the point of departure...
• § 5-54-112 - Third Degree Escape.
  (a) A person commits the offense of third degree escape if he or she escapes from custody.(b) It is a defense to a prosecution...
• § 5-54-113 - Permitting Escape in the First Degree.
  (a) A public servant responsible for supervision of persons detained in correctional facilities or in custody commits the offense of permitting escape in the...
• § 5-54-114 - [Repealed.]
• § 5-54-115 - Permitting Escape or Unauthorized Departure in the Second Degree.
  (a) A public servant is responsible for the supervision of persons from: (1) A correctional facility; (2) Custody; or (3) Pursuant to a court...
• § 5-54-116 - Aiding an Unauthorized Departure.
  (a) A person commits the offense of aiding an unauthorized departure if, not being an inmate in a youth services program, a youth services...
• § 5-54-117 - Assisting in or Furnishing an Implement for Escape.
  (a) A person commits the offense of assisting in or furnishing an implement for escape if, with the purpose of facilitating escape, he or...
• § 5-54-118 - Furnishing Implement for Unauthorized Departure.
  (a) A person commits the offense of furnishing an implement for unauthorized departure if, with the purpose of facilitating an unauthorized departure, he or...
• § 5-54-119 - Furnishing, Possessing, or Using Prohibited Articles.
  (a) A person commits the offense of furnishing a prohibited article if he or she knowingly: (1) Introduces a prohibited article into a correctional...
• § 5-54-120 - Failure to Appear.
  (a) As used in this section, "pending charge" means a charge that results from an arrest or after the filing of a criminal information...
• § 5-54-121 - Tampering With a Public Record.
  (a) A person commits the offense of tampering with a public record if, with the purpose of impairing the verity, legibility, or availability of...
• § 5-54-122 - Filing False Report With Law Enforcement Agency.
  (a) As used in this section, "report" means any communication, either written or oral, sworn or unsworn.(b) A person commits the offense of filing...
• § 5-54-123, 5-54-124 - [Reserved.]
• § 5-54-125 - Fleeing.
  (a) If a person knows that his or her immediate arrest or detention is being attempted by a duly authorized law enforcement officer, it...
• § 5-54-126 - Killing or Injuring Animals Used by Law Enforcement or Search and Rescue Dogs.
  (a) Any person who: (1) Purposely kills or physically injures; (2) Purposely causes physical contact that is of a nature likely to cause physical...
• § 5-54-127 - [Repealed.]
• § 5-54-128 - [Repealed.]
• § 5-54-129 - Search of Persons and Vehicles Entering Institutions.
  It is lawful for a superintendent, warden, or jailor, or his or her duly authorized agent, to require, as a condition of admission, a...
• § 5-54-130 - Radio Voice Privacy Adapters.
  (a) It is unlawful for any person other than a law enforcement officer or law enforcement agency, a fire department, the Department of Health,...
• § 5-54-131 - Absconding.
  (a) A person commits the offense of absconding if the person knowingly: (1) Leaves a designated residence while under house arrest ordered as a...
• § 5-54-132 - Projecting a Laser Light on a Law Enforcement Officer.
  (a) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly cause a laser light beam, colored light beam, or other targeting, pointing, or spotting light...

Last modified: November 15, 2016