{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-17-101","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 5-17-101","heading":"Communicating a death threat concerning a school employee or student","body":"(a) A person commits the offense of communicating a death threat concerning a school employee or student if: (1) The person communicates to any other person a threat to cause the death of a school employee or student; (2) The threat involves the use of a firearm or other deadly weapon; (3) A reasonable person would believe the person making the threat intends to carry out the threat; (4) The person making the threat purposely engaged in conduct that constitutes a substantial step in a course of conduct intended to culminate in the commission of the threatened act; and (5) There is a close temporal relationship between the threatened act and the substantial step. (b) Conduct is not a substantial step under this section unless the conduct is strongly corroborative of the person's criminal purpose. (c) Communicating a death threat concerning a school employee or student is a Class D felony. (d) As used in this section, \"school\" means any: (1) Elementary school, junior high school, or high school; (2) Technical institute or post-secondary vocational-technical school; or (3) Two-year or four-year college or university. Acts 2001, No. 1046, §§ 1, 2.\n\n(a) A person commits the offense of communicating a death threat concerning a school employee or student if: (1) The person communicates to any other person a threat to cause the death of a school employee or student; (2) The threat involves the use of a firearm or other deadly weapon; (3) A reasonable person would believe the person making the threat intends to carry out the threat; (4) The person making the threat purposely engaged in conduct that constitutes a substantial step in a course of conduct intended to culminate in the commission of the threatened act; and (5) There is a close temporal relationship between the threatened act and the substantial step.\n\n(1) The person communicates to any other person a threat to cause the death of a school employee or student;\n\n(2) The threat involves the use of a firearm or other deadly weapon;\n\n(3) A reasonable person would believe the person making the threat intends to carry out the threat;\n\n(4) The person making the threat purposely engaged in conduct that constitutes a substantial step in a course of conduct intended to culminate in the commission of the threatened act; and\n\n(5) There is a close temporal relationship between the threatened act and the substantial step.\n\n(b) Conduct is not a substantial step under this section unless the conduct is strongly corroborative of the person's criminal purpose.\n\n(c) Communicating a death threat concerning a school employee or student is a Class D felony.\n\n(d) As used in this section, \"school\" means any: (1) Elementary school, junior high school, or high school; (2) Technical institute or post-secondary vocational-technical school; or (3) Two-year or four-year college or university.\n\n(1) Elementary school, junior high school, or high school;\n\n(2) Technical institute or post-secondary vocational-technical school; or\n\n(3) Two-year or four-year college or university.","path":["AR Code","Title 5","Chapter 17"],"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":"032e18ce2a3e503dbcbd3f3e3cda05fd679ac15d3dedfea49f1ba22d22a5d494","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-16-102","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-18-101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}