2017 Arkansas Code
Title 5 - Criminal Offenses
Subtitle 4 - Offenses Against Property
Chapter 39 - Burglary, Trespass, and Other Intrusions
Subchapter 3 - Offenses Involving Posted and Enclosed Land
§ 5-39-304. Notice to cease entering -- Further entrance

Universal Citation: AR Code § 5-39-304 (2017)
  • (a) The owner, agent, lessee, or assignee of any land, including farm, timber, or otherwise, may notify any person by certified mail, deliver to addressee only or by notice served by any official authorized to serve process to cease any trespass or to stay off the premises of any property belonging to the owner, his or her agent, or assignee.
  • (b) Notice shall specify the land by description containing section, township, and range.
  • (c) Any person receiving notice shall immediately cease any trespass or entrance upon the described land of the owner.
  • (d) Any further entrance or trespass by the person receiving the notice is considered a criminal trespass and the person is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
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