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Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023)
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 71 - RIOTS, DISORDERLY CONDUCT, ETC (§§ 5-71-101 — 5-71-303)
Subchapter 2 - OFFENSES GENERALLY (§§ 5-71-201 — 5-71-230)
Section 5-71-211 - Threatening a fire or bombing
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AR Code § 5-71-211 (2023)
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- (a) A person commits the offense of threatening a fire or bombing if he or she purposely threatens damage or injury to the person or property of another person by bombing, fire, or other means, in a manner likely to:
- (1) Place another person in reasonable apprehension of:
- (A) Physical injury to that person or another person; or
- (B) Damage to that person's property or to the property of another person; or
- (2) Create public alarm.
- (1) Place another person in reasonable apprehension of:
- (b)
- (1) Threatening a fire or bombing is a Class D felony if physical injury to a person results.
- (2) Otherwise, threatening a fire or bombing is a Class A misdemeanor.
Acts 1975, No. 280, § 2912; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-2912.
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