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Ark. Code Ann. § 5-54-131

Absconding

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Bush v. State (1999)

Most recently applied in Tomes v. State (May 2019)

Acts 1993, No. 473, § 1; 1999, No. 755, § 1; 2019, No. 505, § 1.

(1) A person commits the offense of absconding if the person knowingly: Leaves a designated residence while under house arrest ordered as a condition of the person's release on a criminal offense by a court of competent jurisdiction;

(2) Leaves a designated area while wearing an electronic monitoring device ordered as a condition of the person's release on a criminal offense by a: Court of competent jurisdiction; or

(3) Sheriff or his or her designee.

(4) A determination by a sheriff or his or her designee placing a person on electronic monitoring remains valid until changed by the sheriff or his or her designee; or

(5) Fails to abide by the terms of his or her sentence or conditions imposed under § 16-90-122 concerning his or her release pending bed space at the Division of Correction or the Division of Community Correction by not reporting to a designated place or at a designated time in order to submit himself or herself to the custody of the Division of Correction or the Division of Community Correction to serve a period of incarceration he or she was previously ordered by a court to serve.

(6) The offense of absconding is a Class D 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.