Arkansas Code of 1987 (2024)
Title 5 - CRIMINAL OFFENSES (§§ 5-1-101 — 5-79-101)
Subtitle 3 - OFFENSES INVOLVING FAMILIES, DEPENDENTS, ETC. (§§ 5-25-101 — 5-29-205)
Chapter 27 - OFFENSES AGAINST CHILDREN OR INCOMPETENTS (§§ 5-27-201 — 5-27-610)
Subchapter 3 - ARKANSAS PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AGAINST EXPLOITATION ACT OF 1979 (§§ 5-27-301 — 5-27-307)
Section 5-27-302 - Definitions

As used in this subchapter:

• (1) "Child" means any person under eighteen (18) years of age;

• (2) "Commercial exploitation" means having monetary or other material gain as a direct or indirect goal;

• (3) "Producing" means producing, directing, manufacturing, issuing, publishing, or advertising;

• (4) "Sexually explicit conduct" means actual or simulated:
  • (A) Sexual intercourse, including genital-genital, oral-genital, anal-genital, or oral-anal, whether between persons of the same or opposite sex;
  • (B) Bestiality;
  • (C) Masturbation;
  • (D) Sadomasochistic abuse for the purpose of sexual stimulation; or
  • (E) Lewd exhibition of:
    • (i) The genitals or pubic area of any person; or
    • (ii) The breast of a female; and

• (5) "Visual or print medium" means any film, photograph, negative, slide, book, magazine, magnetic image, electronic image, or other visual or print medium other than material specifically used by a licensed medical professional or mental health professional, or both, for the purpose of assessment, evaluation, and treatment of a sex offender.

Amended by Act 2013, No. 1114,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013.

Acts 1979, No. 499, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-4202; Acts 1995, No. 1209, § 1; 2007, No. 827, § 35; 2011, No. 1190, § 1.