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Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-817

Failure to obey order or rule

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Adam S. Childers v. State of Arkansas (2020)

Most recently applied in Adam S. Childers v. State of Arkansas (June 2020)

Acts 1969, No. 50, § 135; A.S.A. 1947, § 11-717; Acts 1993, No. 926, § 1; 1993, No. 1035, § 1; 2019, No. 315, § 962.

Any person subject to this code shall be punished as a court-martial may direct if he or she:

(1) Violates or fails to obey any lawful order or rule. A lawful order or rule is a written, electronic, nonverbal or oral communication by a member of the armed forces acting within the scope of official military duties regarding instruction, decision, rule, judgment, directive, procedure, statement or command, and which primarily affects the action, organization, training, good order, discipline, property, welfare, administration, operation, and procedure of the armed forces.

(2) Lawful orders and rules shall not be subject to the requirements of the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.;

(3) Having knowledge of any other lawful order issued by a member of the organized militia, which it is his or her duty to obey, fails to obey the order; or

(4) Is derelict in the performance of his or her duties.

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.