Refusing to assist law enforcement officer
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State v. Floyd (1991)
Most recently applied in State v. Floyd (January 1991)
Acts 1975, No. 280, § 2809; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-2809.
(1) A person commits the offense of refusing to assist a law enforcement officer if, upon command by a person known by him or her to be a law enforcement officer, the person unreasonably refuses or fails to assist in effecting a lawful arrest or preventing another person from committing an offense.
(2) Refusing to assist a law enforcement officer is a Class C misdemeanor.
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.