{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-11-106","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 5-11-106","heading":"Permanent detention or restraint","body":"(a) A person commits the offense of permanent detention or restraint if, without consent and without lawful authority, the person restrains a person with the purpose of holding or concealing the other person: (1) Without ever releasing the other person; or (2) Without ever returning the other person to the person or institution from whose lawful custody the other person was taken. (b) (1) Permanent detention or restraint is a Class B felony. (2) However, permanent detention or restraint is a Class D felony if the person detained or restrained is the child of the defendant. Acts 1975, No. 280, § 1706, as added by Acts 1977, No. 360, § 6; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-1706.\n\n(a) A person commits the offense of permanent detention or restraint if, without consent and without lawful authority, the person restrains a person with the purpose of holding or concealing the other person: (1) Without ever releasing the other person; or (2) Without ever returning the other person to the person or institution from whose lawful custody the other person was taken.\n\n(1) Without ever releasing the other person; or\n\n(2) Without ever returning the other person to the person or institution from whose lawful custody the other person was taken.\n\n(b) (1) Permanent detention or restraint is a Class B felony. (2) However, permanent detention or restraint is a Class D felony if the person detained or restrained is the child of the defendant.\n\n(1) Permanent detention or restraint is a Class B felony.\n\n(2) However, permanent detention or restraint is a Class D felony if the person detained or restrained is the child of the defendant.","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":"d32a496d61daef08753307b7cb33bca8a7f80527227fd802b7cc8182d19c862e","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-11-105","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-11-108"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}