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Ark. Code Ann. § 5-25-101

Definitions

Acts 1975, No. 280, § 2401; 1977, No. 360, § 11; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-2401; Acts 2005, No. 1994, § 291.

As used in this subtitle:

(1) “Adult” means any person eighteen (18) years of age or older;

(2) “Deviate sexual activity” means any act of sexual gratification involving: The penetration, however slight, of the anus or mouth of a person by the penis of another person; or

(3) The penetration, however slight, of the labia majora or anus of a person by any body member of or foreign instrument manipulated by another person;

(4) “Incompetent” means any person unable to care for himself or herself because of physical or mental disease or defect.

(5) The status embraced by “incompetent” may or may not exist regardless of any adjudication concerning incompetency;

(6) “Minor” means any person under eighteen (18) years of age; and

(7) “Sexual intercourse” means penetration, however slight, of the labia majora by a penis.

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.