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Ark. Code Ann. § 5-73-131

Possession or use of weapons by incarcerated persons

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 92 Ark. App. 480 - Owens v. State (2005)

Most recently applied in 92 Ark. App. 480 - Owens v. State (October 2005)

Acts 1995, No. 443, § 1; 1995, No. 453, § 1; 2019, No. 910, § 682.

(1) A person commits the offense of possession or use of weapons by incarcerated persons if, without approval of custodial authority he or she uses, possesses, makes, repairs, sells, or otherwise deals in any weapon, including, but not limited to, any bomb, firearm, knife, or other implement for the infliction of serious physical injury or death and that serves no common lawful purpose, while incarcerated in the Division of Correction, the Division of Community Correction, or a county or municipal jail or detention facility.

(2) Possession or use of weapons by incarcerated persons is a Class D felony.

(3) This section is not applicable to possession of a weapon by an incarcerated person before he or she completes the standard booking and search procedures in a jail facility after arrest.

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.