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Ark. Code Ann. § 5-27-305: Transportation of minors for prohibited sexual conduct

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  1. AR Code
  2. Title 5
  3. Chapter 27
  4. Subchapter 3

(a) A person commits the offense of transportation of a minor for prohibited sexual conduct if the person transports, finances in whole or part the transportation of, or otherwise causes or facilitates the movement of any minor, and the actor: (1) Knows or has reason to know that prostitution or sexually explicit conduct involving the minor will be commercially exploited by any person; and (2) Acts with the purpose that the minor will engage in: (A) Prostitution; or (B) Sexually explicit conduct. (b) Transportation of a minor for prohibited sexual conduct is a Class Y felony. Amended by Act 2021, No. 1102,§ 4, eff. 7/28/2021. Acts 1979, No. 499, § 5; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-4205; Acts 2007, No. 248, § 1; 2009, No. 748, § 18.

(a) A person commits the offense of transportation of a minor for prohibited sexual conduct if the person transports, finances in whole or part the transportation of, or otherwise causes or facilitates the movement of any minor, and the actor: (1) Knows or has reason to know that prostitution or sexually explicit conduct involving the minor will be commercially exploited by any person; and (2) Acts with the purpose that the minor will engage in: (A) Prostitution; or (B) Sexually explicit conduct.

(1) Knows or has reason to know that prostitution or sexually explicit conduct involving the minor will be commercially exploited by any person; and

(2) Acts with the purpose that the minor will engage in: (A) Prostitution; or (B) Sexually explicit conduct.

(A) Prostitution; or

(B) Sexually explicit conduct.

(b) Transportation of a minor for prohibited sexual conduct is a Class Y felony.

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