Ark. Code Ann. § 5-11-105

Vehicular piracy

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Smith v. State (2003)

Most recently applied in Smith v. State (February 2003)

Acts 1975, No. 280, § 1705; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-1705.

(1) A person commits vehicular piracy if, without lawful authority, the person seizes or exercises control, by force or threat of violence, over any: Aircraft occupied by an unconsenting person; or

(2) Other vehicle: Having a seating capacity of more than eight (8) passengers;

(3) Operated by a common carrier or contract carrier of passengers for hire; and

(4) Occupied by an unconsenting person.

(5) Vehicular piracy of an aircraft is a Class B felony.

(6) Otherwise, vehicular piracy is a Class C 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.