Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023)
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 5-27-305 - Transportation of minors for prohibited sexual conduct

• (a) A person commits the offense of transportation of a minor for prohibited sexual conduct if the person transports, finances in whole or part the transportation of, or otherwise causes or facilitates the movement of any minor, and the actor:
  • (1) Knows or has reason to know that prostitution or sexually explicit conduct involving the minor will be commercially exploited by any person; and
  • (2) Acts with the purpose that the minor will engage in:
    • (A) Prostitution; or
    • (B) Sexually explicit conduct.

• (b) Transportation of a minor for prohibited sexual conduct is a Class Y felony.

Amended by Act 2021, No. 1102,§ 4, eff. 7/28/2021.

Acts 1979, No. 499, § 5; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-4205; Acts 2007, No. 248, § 1; 2009, No. 748, § 18.