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Ark. Code Ann. § 5-27-605

Computer exploitation of a child

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Sorum v. State (2017)

Most recently applied in Michael E. Rea v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction (November 2019)

Acts 2001, No. 1496, § 1; 2003, No. 1087, § 4.

(1) A person commits computer exploitation of a child in the first degree if the person: Causes or permits a child to engage in sexually explicit conduct; and

(2) Knows, has reason to know, or intends that the prohibited conduct may be: Photographed;

(3) Filmed;

(4) Reproduced;

(5) Reconstructed in any manner, including on the Internet; or

(6) Part of an exhibition or performance.

(7) Computer exploitation of a child in the first degree is a: Class B felony for the first offense; and

(8) Class A felony for a subsequent offense.

(9) A person commits computer exploitation of a child in the second degree if the person: Photographs or films a child engaged in sexually explicit conduct; or

(10) Uses any device, including a computer, to reproduce or reconstruct the image of a child engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

(11) Computer exploitation of a child in the second degree 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.