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Ark. Code Ann. § 5-13-209: Abuse of an athletic contest official

(a) A person commits abuse of an athletic contest official if, immediately prior to, during, or immediately following an interscholastic, intercollegiate, or any other organized amateur or professional athletic contest in which an athletic contest official is participating, the person: (1) With the purpose of causing serious physical injury to an athletic contest official, causes serious physical injury to an athletic contest official; (2) With the purpose of causing physical injury to an athletic contest official, causes serious physical injury to an athletic contest official; (3) With the purpose of causing physical injury to an athletic contest official, causes physical injury to an athletic contest official; or (4) Purposely creates apprehension of imminent physical injury in an athletic contest official. (b) Abuse of an athletic contest official is a: (1) Class B felony under subdivision (a)(1) of this section; (2) Class C felony under subdivision (a)(2) of this section; (3) Class A misdemeanor under subdivision (a)(3) of this section with a minimum fine of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500); and (4) Class A misdemeanor under subdivision (a)(4) of this section. Amended by Act 2023, No. 420,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2023. Acts 1987, No. 355, § 1; 2007, No. 827, § 28.

(1) With the purpose of causing serious physical injury to an athletic contest official, causes serious physical injury to an athletic contest official;

(2) With the purpose of causing physical injury to an athletic contest official, causes serious physical injury to an athletic contest official;

(3) With the purpose of causing physical injury to an athletic contest official, causes physical injury to an athletic contest official; or

(4) Purposely creates apprehension of imminent physical injury in an athletic contest official.

(b) Abuse of an athletic contest official is a: (1) Class B felony under subdivision (a)(1) of this section; (2) Class C felony under subdivision (a)(2) of this section; (3) Class A misdemeanor under subdivision (a)(3) of this section with a minimum fine of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500); and (4) Class A misdemeanor under subdivision (a)(4) of this section.

(1) Class B felony under subdivision (a)(1) of this section;

(2) Class C felony under subdivision (a)(2) of this section;

(3) Class A misdemeanor under subdivision (a)(3) of this section with a minimum fine of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500); and

(4) Class A misdemeanor under subdivision (a)(4) of this section.

Where this section sits in the code

AR Code
Title 5
Chapter 13
Subchapter 2