Arkansas Code of 1987 (2024)
Title 5 - CRIMINAL OFFENSES (§§ 5-1-101 — 5-79-101)
Subtitle 6 - OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, OR WELFARE (§§ 5-60-101 — 5-79-101)
Chapter 64 - CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES (§§ 5-64-101 — 5-64-1303)
Subchapter 4 - UNIFORM CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT - PROHIBITIONS AND PENALTIES (§§ 5-64-401 — 5-64-446)
Section 5-64-404 - Use of a communication device

• (a)
  • (1) As used in this section, "communication device" means any public or private instrumentality used or useful in the transmission of a writing, sign, signal, picture, or sound of any kind.
  • (2) "Communication device" includes mail, telephone, wire, radio, and any other means of communication.

• (b) A person commits the offense of unlawful use of a communication device if he or she knowingly uses any communication device in committing or in causing or facilitating the commission of any act constituting a:
  • (1) Felony under this chapter; or
  • (2) Felony inchoate offense under § 5-3-101 et seq. or this chapter.

• (c) Each separate use of a communication device is a separate offense under this section.

• (d) Any person who violates this section upon conviction is guilty of a Class C felony.

Acts 1971, No. 590, Art. 4, § 4; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-2620; Acts 2005, No. 1994, § 305[A]; 2007, No. 827, § 61; 2011, No. 570, § 36 .