§ 5-38-302. Reckless burning
(a) A person commits the offense of reckless burning if the person purposely starts a fire or causes an explosion, whether on his or her own property or property of another person, and thereby recklessly: (1) Creates a substantial risk of death or serious physical injury to any person; (2) Destroys or causes substantial damage […]
§ 5-38-303. Failure to control or report a dangerous fire
(a) A person commits the offense of failure to control or report a dangerous fire if the person knows that a fire is unattended and is endangering the life, physical safety, or a substantial amount of property of another person, and the person: (1) Fails to act in a reasonable manner to put out or […]
§ 5-38-310. Unlawful burning
(a) A person commits the offense of unlawful burning if the person: (1) Sets on fire or causes or procures to be set on fire any forest, brush, or other inflammable vegetation on another person’s land; (2) Allows a fire that he or she built or has charge of to escape from his or her […]
§ 5-38-311. Unlawful burning — Miscellaneous felonies
(a) The following acts are Class C felonies: (1) Purposely setting on fire the land of another person; (2) Starting a fire on the person’s own land that he or she has leased or is under his or her control with the intent of letting the fire escape to the land of another person; and […]
§ 5-38-312. No presumption on cause of fire
(a) The purpose of this section is to: (1) Clarify that there is not a presumption as to the cause of fire related to a violation of this subchapter; (2) Abolish any common law contrary to this section, including without limitation Johnson v. State, 198 Ark. 871, 131 S.W.2d 934 (1939) and Thomas v. State, […]
§ 5-38-205. Impairing the operation of a vital public facility
(a) A person commits the offense of impairing the operation of a vital public facility if, having no reasonable ground to believe he or she has a right to do so, the person knowingly causes a substantial interruption or impairment of an operation of a vital public facility by: (1) Damaging the property of another […]
§ 5-38-206. Damaging wires and other fixtures of telephone, cable, and electric power companies
(a) It is unlawful for a person to knowingly damage, destroy, or pull down: (1) A telephone, cable communications, or electric power transmission pedestal or pole owned or operated by a telephone, cable, or electric power company; (2) A telephone, cable communications, or electric power line, wire, fiber insulator, power supply transformer, transmission, or other […]
§ 5-38-207. Destruction or removal of a cemetery or grave marker
(a) It is unlawful for any person, corporation, company, or other entity to destroy or carry away any cemetery marker or grave marker. (b) Destruction or removal of a cemetery marker or grave marker is a Class C felony.
§ 5-38-214. Willful removal or destruction of landmarks established by legal survey
(a) Any person who willfully cuts down, destroys, defaces, removes, or carries off any witness tree, monument, or other landmark established by legal survey and used to delineate a boundary line is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (b) Furthermore, in any civil suit involving damages to property arising from the removal or destruction of […]
§ 5-38-301. Arson
(a) A person commits arson if he or she: (1) Starts a fire or causes an explosion with the purpose of destroying or otherwise damaging: (A) An occupiable structure or motor vehicle that is the property of another person; (B) Any property, whether his or her own or property of another person, for the purpose […]