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Ark. Code Ann. § 5-37-203: Defrauding a secured creditor

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  1. AR Code
  2. Title 5
  3. Chapter 37
  4. Subchapter 2

(a) (1) A person commits the offense of defrauding a secured creditor in the first degree if he or she destroys, removes, cancels, encumbers, transfers, or otherwise disposes of property subject to a security interest with the purpose to hinder enforcement of the security interest. (2) Defrauding a secured creditor in the first degree is a Class D felony. (b) (1) A person commits the offense of defrauding a secured creditor in the second degree if he or she uses motor vehicle insurance policy proceeds in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000) obtained from a settlement of a property damage claim on a motor vehicle subject to a security interest in contravention of the security agreement that creates or provides for the security interest in the motor vehicle. (2) Defrauding a secured creditor in the second degree is a Class A misdemeanor. Acts 1975, No. 280, § 2304; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-2304; Acts 2009, No. 485, § 1.

(a) (1) A person commits the offense of defrauding a secured creditor in the first degree if he or she destroys, removes, cancels, encumbers, transfers, or otherwise disposes of property subject to a security interest with the purpose to hinder enforcement of the security interest. (2) Defrauding a secured creditor in the first degree is a Class D felony.

(1) A person commits the offense of defrauding a secured creditor in the first degree if he or she destroys, removes, cancels, encumbers, transfers, or otherwise disposes of property subject to a security interest with the purpose to hinder enforcement of the security interest.

(2) Defrauding a secured creditor in the first degree is a Class D felony.

(b) (1) A person commits the offense of defrauding a secured creditor in the second degree if he or she uses motor vehicle insurance policy proceeds in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000) obtained from a settlement of a property damage claim on a motor vehicle subject to a security interest in contravention of the security agreement that creates or provides for the security interest in the motor vehicle. (2) Defrauding a secured creditor in the second degree is a Class A misdemeanor.

(1) A person commits the offense of defrauding a secured creditor in the second degree if he or she uses motor vehicle insurance policy proceeds in excess of one thousand dollars ($1,000) obtained from a settlement of a property damage claim on a motor vehicle subject to a security interest in contravention of the security agreement that creates or provides for the security interest in the motor vehicle.

(2) Defrauding a secured creditor in the second degree is a Class A misdemeanor.

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