Ark. Code Ann. § 5-1-107: Misdemeanors

(a) An offense is a misdemeanor if the offense is: (1) Designated a misdemeanor by the Arkansas Criminal Code; (2) Designated a misdemeanor by a statute not a part of the Arkansas Criminal Code, except as provided in § 5-1-108 ; or (3) Not designated a felony and a sentence to imprisonment is authorized upon conviction. (b) A misdemeanor is classified as follows: (1) Class A misdemeanor; (2) Class B misdemeanor; or (3) Class C misdemeanor. (c) (1) Any misdemeanor defined by a statute not a part of the Arkansas Criminal Code that does not specify the class of the misdemeanor or prescribe a limitation on a sentence to imprisonment upon conviction of the misdemeanor is a Class A misdemeanor. (2) Any misdemeanor defined by a statute not a part of the Arkansas Criminal Code that does prescribe a limitation on a sentence to imprisonment upon conviction of the misdemeanor is an unclassified misdemeanor. Acts 1975, No. 280, § 113; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-113.

(a) An offense is a misdemeanor if the offense is: (1) Designated a misdemeanor by the Arkansas Criminal Code; (2) Designated a misdemeanor by a statute not a part of the Arkansas Criminal Code, except as provided in § 5-1-108 ; or (3) Not designated a felony and a sentence to imprisonment is authorized upon conviction.

(1) Designated a misdemeanor by the Arkansas Criminal Code;

(2) Designated a misdemeanor by a statute not a part of the Arkansas Criminal Code, except as provided in § 5-1-108 ; or

(3) Not designated a felony and a sentence to imprisonment is authorized upon conviction.

(b) A misdemeanor is classified as follows: (1) Class A misdemeanor; (2) Class B misdemeanor; or (3) Class C misdemeanor.

(1) Class A misdemeanor;

(2) Class B misdemeanor; or

(3) Class C misdemeanor.

(c) (1) Any misdemeanor defined by a statute not a part of the Arkansas Criminal Code that does not specify the class of the misdemeanor or prescribe a limitation on a sentence to imprisonment upon conviction of the misdemeanor is a Class A misdemeanor. (2) Any misdemeanor defined by a statute not a part of the Arkansas Criminal Code that does prescribe a limitation on a sentence to imprisonment upon conviction of the misdemeanor is an unclassified misdemeanor.

(1) Any misdemeanor defined by a statute not a part of the Arkansas Criminal Code that does not specify the class of the misdemeanor or prescribe a limitation on a sentence to imprisonment upon conviction of the misdemeanor is a Class A misdemeanor.

(2) Any misdemeanor defined by a statute not a part of the Arkansas Criminal Code that does prescribe a limitation on a sentence to imprisonment upon conviction of the misdemeanor is an unclassified misdemeanor.