{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-12-64-852","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 12-64-852","heading":"Sexual assault","body":"A person subject to this code is guilty of sexual assault and shall be punished as a court-martial directs if the person engages in sexual contact with another person: (1) By forcible compulsion; (2) Who is incapable of consent because he or she is: (A) Physically helpless; (B) Mentally defective; or (C) Mentally incapacitated; or (3) By abuse of authority. Added by Act 2021, No. 185,§ 4, eff. 7/28/2021.\n\nA person subject to this code is guilty of sexual assault and shall be punished as a court-martial directs if the person engages in sexual contact with another person:\n\n(1) By forcible compulsion;\n\n(2) Who is incapable of consent because he or she is: (A) Physically helpless; (B) Mentally defective; or (C) Mentally incapacitated; or\n\n(A) Physically helpless;\n\n(B) Mentally defective; or\n\n(C) Mentally incapacitated; or\n\n(3) By abuse of authority.","path":["AR Code","Title 12","Chapter 64","Subchapter 8"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"b839545519ee037be2bef43778b89698ad864bfc966edd61bda5b1d2ba22dccb","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-12-64-851","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-12-6-301"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}