Making a false report under this chapter
Known as the Child Maltreatment Act
The act spans §§ 12–12 (121 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Struble v. Blytheville School District (2017)
Most recently applied in Struble v. Blytheville School District (February 2017)
Acts 2009, No. 749, § 1.
(1) A person commits the offense of making a false report under this chapter if he or she purposely makes a report containing a false allegation to the Child Abuse Hotline knowing the allegation to be false.
(2) A first offense of making a false report under this chapter is a Class A misdemeanor.
(3) A subsequent offense of making a false report under this chapter is a Class D felony.
Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.