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Ark. Code Ann. § 5-51-208

Contempt for or desecration of the Arkansas flag

Acts 1995, No. 880, § 1.

(1) Any person who, for profit, knowingly mutilates, defaces, physically defiles, burns, maintains on the floor or ground, or tramples upon an Arkansas flag shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisoned for not more than one (1) year, or both.

(2) This subsection does not prohibit any conduct consisting of the disposal of a flag when it has become worn or soiled.

(3) As used in this section, “Arkansas flag” means any flag of Arkansas, or any part of a flag of Arkansas, made of any substance, or any size, in a form that is commonly displayed.

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.