Ark. Code Ann. § 5-27-402

Employing or consenting to the use of a child in a sexual performance

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Graham v. State (1993)

Most recently applied in Graham v. State (September 1993)

Acts 1983, No. 451, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-4207; Acts 2011, No. 1190, § 3.

(1) It is unlawful for a person, knowing the character and content of the performance, to employ, authorize, or induce a child under eighteen (18) years of age to engage in a sexual performance.

(2) It is also unlawful for a parent or legal guardian or custodian of a child under eighteen (18) years of age to consent to the participation by the child in a sexual performance.

(3) A person who violates this section upon conviction is guilty of a: Class C felony for the first offense; and

(4) Class B felony for a subsequent offense.

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.