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Arkansas Code of 1987 (2024)
Title 5 - CRIMINAL OFFENSES (§§ 5-1-101 — 5-79-101)
Subtitle 2 - OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON (§§ 5-10-101 — 5-18-107)
Chapter 14 - SEXUAL OFFENSES (§§ 5-14-101 — 5-14-202)
Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 5-14-101 — 5-14-138)
Section 5-14-113 - Sexual extortion
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AR Code § 5-14-113 (2024)
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- (a) A person commits the offense of sexual extortion if:
- (1) With the purpose to coerce another person to engage in sexual contact or sexually explicit conduct, the person communicates a threat to:
- (A) Damage the property or harm the reputation of the other person; or
- (B) Produce or distribute a recording of the other person engaged in sexually explicit conduct or depicted in a state of nudity;
- (2) With the purpose to produce or distribute a recording of a person in a state of nudity or engaged in sexually explicit conduct, the person communicates a threat to:
- (A) Damage the property or harm the reputation of the other person; or
- (B) Produce or distribute a recording of the other person engaged in sexually explicit conduct or depicted in a state of nudity;
- (3) The person knowingly causes another person to engage in sexual contact or sexually explicit conduct or to produce or distribute a recording of a person in a state of nudity or engaged in sexually explicit conduct by communicating a threat to:
- (A) Damage the property or harm the reputation of the other person; or
- (B) Produce or distribute a recording of the other person engaged in sexually explicit conduct or depicted in a state of nudity; or
- (4) The person knowingly demands payment of money or receipt of anything of value by communicating a threat to distribute a recording of a person engaged in sexually explicit conduct or depicted in a state of nudity.
- (1) With the purpose to coerce another person to engage in sexual contact or sexually explicit conduct, the person communicates a threat to:
- (b) Sexual extortion is a Class B felony.
Amended by Act 2023, No. 659,§ 32, eff. 1/1/2024.
Added by Act 2017, No. 664,§ 2, eff. 8/1/2017.
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