2020 Arkansas Code
Title 5 - Criminal Offenses
Subtitle 6 - Offenses Against Public Health, Safety, or Welfare
Chapter 71 - Riots, Disorderly Conduct, Etc.
Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 5-71-101. Definitions

As used in this chapter:

1. (1) “Alcoholic beverage” means:

   1. (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 from any malt substitute;

   2. (B) Wine of not less than five-tenths percent (0.5%) of alcohol by volume; or

   3. (C) A distilled spirit known as “ethyl alcohol”, “ethanol”, or “spirits of wine” in any form, including all dilutions and mixtures of a distilled spirit, from whatever source or by whatever process produced;

2. (2) “Deviate sexual activity” means any act of sexual gratification involving:

   1. (A) The penetration, however slight, of the anus or mouth of one (1) person by the penis of another person; or

   2. (B) The penetration, however slight, of the vagina or anus of one (1) person by any body member or foreign instrument manipulated by another person;

3. (3) “Governmental function” means any activity that a public servant is legally authorized to undertake on behalf of any governmental unit he or she serves;

4. (4)

   1. (A) “Motor vehicle” means a vehicle driven or drawn by mechanical power and manufactured primarily for use on a public highway.

   2. (B) “Motor vehicle” does not include a vehicle operated solely on a rail or rails;

5. (5) “Occupiable structure” means a vehicle, building, or other structure:

   1. (A) Where any person lives or carries on a business or other calling;

   2. (B) Where people assemble for purposes of business, government, education, religion, entertainment, or public transportation; or

   3. (C)

      1. (i) That is customarily used for overnight accommodation of persons, whether or not a person is actually present.

      2. (ii) Each unit of an occupiable structure divided into separately occupied units is itself an occupiable structure;

6. (6) “Open alcoholic beverage container” means a bottle, can, or other receptacle that:

   1. (A) Contains any amount of alcoholic beverage; and

   2. (B) Is either:

      1. (i) Open or has a broken seal; or

      2. (ii) Not open or having a broken seal but with its contents already partially removed;

7. (7) “Property” means real property or tangible or intangible personal property, including money or any paper or document that represents or embodies anything of value;

8. (8) “Prostitution” has the meaning specified in § 5-70-102;

9. (9) “Public building” means a structure owned, operated, or occupied by any agency of the State of Arkansas or its political subdivisions or by any agency of the United States Government;

10. (10) “Public place” means a publicly or privately owned place to which the public or a substantial number of people have access;

11. (11) “Vehicle” means any craft or device designed for the transportation of people or property across land or water or through the air; and

12. (12) “Vital public facility” means a facility maintained for use for:

    1. (A) Public communications;

    2. (B) Transportation;

    3. (C) Supply of water, gas, or power;

    4. (D) Law enforcement;

    5. (E) Fire protection;

    6. (F) Civil or national defense; or

    7. (G) Other public service.