Ark. Code Ann. § 17-24-505: Harassment or abuse

(a) A debt collector may not engage in a conduct the natural consequence of which is to harass, oppress, or abuse a person in connection with the collection of a debt. (b) Without limiting the general application of subsection (a) of this section, the following conduct is a violation of this section: (1) The use or threat of use of violence or other criminal means to harm the physical person, reputation, or property of a person; (2) The use of obscene or profane language or language the natural consequence of which is to abuse the hearer or reader; (3) The publication of a list of consumers who allegedly refuse to pay debts, except to a consumer reporting agency or to persons meeting the requirements of 15 U.S.C. § 1681a(f) or 15 U.S.C. § 1681b(3) , as they existed on January 1, 2009; (4) The advertisement for sale of a debt to coerce payment of the debt; (5) Causing a telephone to ring or engaging a person in telephone conversation repeatedly or continuously with intent to annoy, abuse, or harass a person at the called number; or (6) Except as provided in § 17-24-503 , the placement of telephone calls without meaningful disclosure of the caller's identity. Acts 2009, No. 1455, § 1.

(a) A debt collector may not engage in a conduct the natural consequence of which is to harass, oppress, or abuse a person in connection with the collection of a debt.

(b) Without limiting the general application of subsection (a) of this section, the following conduct is a violation of this section: (1) The use or threat of use of violence or other criminal means to harm the physical person, reputation, or property of a person; (2) The use of obscene or profane language or language the natural consequence of which is to abuse the hearer or reader; (3) The publication of a list of consumers who allegedly refuse to pay debts, except to a consumer reporting agency or to persons meeting the requirements of 15 U.S.C. § 1681a(f) or 15 U.S.C. § 1681b(3) , as they existed on January 1, 2009; (4) The advertisement for sale of a debt to coerce payment of the debt; (5) Causing a telephone to ring or engaging a person in telephone conversation repeatedly or continuously with intent to annoy, abuse, or harass a person at the called number; or (6) Except as provided in § 17-24-503 , the placement of telephone calls without meaningful disclosure of the caller's identity.

(1) The use or threat of use of violence or other criminal means to harm the physical person, reputation, or property of a person;

(2) The use of obscene or profane language or language the natural consequence of which is to abuse the hearer or reader;

(3) The publication of a list of consumers who allegedly refuse to pay debts, except to a consumer reporting agency or to persons meeting the requirements of 15 U.S.C. § 1681a(f) or 15 U.S.C. § 1681b(3) , as they existed on January 1, 2009;

(4) The advertisement for sale of a debt to coerce payment of the debt;

(5) Causing a telephone to ring or engaging a person in telephone conversation repeatedly or continuously with intent to annoy, abuse, or harass a person at the called number; or

(6) Except as provided in § 17-24-503 , the placement of telephone calls without meaningful disclosure of the caller's identity.