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Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-303: Actions constituting forcible entry and detainer
Where this section sits in the code
- AR Code
- Title 18
- Chapter 60
- Subchapter 3
A person shall be guilty of a forcible entry and detainer within the meaning of this subchapter if the person shall:
(1) Enter into or upon any lands, tenements, or other possessions and detain or hold them without right or claim to title;
(2) Enter by breaking open the doors and windows or other parts of the house, whether any person is in it or not;
(3) Threaten to kill, maim, or beat the party in possession or use words and actions as have a natural tendency to excite fear or apprehension of danger;
(4) Put out of doors or carry away the goods of the party in possession; or
(5) Enter peaceably and then turning out by force or frightening by threats or other circumstances of terror the party to yield possession.
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