{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-11-105","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 5-11-105","heading":"Vehicular piracy","body":"(a) A person commits vehicular piracy if, without lawful authority, the person seizes or exercises control, by force or threat of violence, over any: (1) Aircraft occupied by an unconsenting person; or (2) Other vehicle: (A) Having a seating capacity of more than eight (8) passengers; (B) Operated by a common carrier or contract carrier of passengers for hire; and (C) Occupied by an unconsenting person. (b) (1) Vehicular piracy of an aircraft is a Class B felony. (2) Otherwise, vehicular piracy is a Class C felony. Acts 1975, No. 280, § 1705; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-1705.\n\n(a) A person commits vehicular piracy if, without lawful authority, the person seizes or exercises control, by force or threat of violence, over any: (1) Aircraft occupied by an unconsenting person; or (2) Other vehicle: (A) Having a seating capacity of more than eight (8) passengers; (B) Operated by a common carrier or contract carrier of passengers for hire; and (C) Occupied by an unconsenting person.\n\n(1) Aircraft occupied by an unconsenting person; or\n\n(2) Other vehicle: (A) Having a seating capacity of more than eight (8) passengers; (B) Operated by a common carrier or contract carrier of passengers for hire; and (C) Occupied by an unconsenting person.\n\n(A) Having a seating capacity of more than eight (8) passengers;\n\n(B) Operated by a common carrier or contract carrier of passengers for hire; and\n\n(C) Occupied by an unconsenting person.\n\n(b) (1) Vehicular piracy of an aircraft is a Class B felony. (2) Otherwise, vehicular piracy is a Class C felony.\n\n(1) Vehicular piracy of an aircraft is a Class B felony.\n\n(2) Otherwise, vehicular piracy is a Class C felony.","path":["AR Code","Title 5","Chapter 11"],"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":"d8387062a9b6652282e4b53e9fa5b7b5b9e1954b68114f44190c65d494c818c3","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-11-104","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-11-106"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}