{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-27-402","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 5-27-402","heading":"Employing or consenting to the use of a child in a sexual performance","body":"(a) It is unlawful for a person, knowing the character and content of the performance, to employ, authorize, or induce a child under eighteen (18) years of age to engage in a sexual performance. (b) It is also unlawful for a parent or legal guardian or custodian of a child under eighteen (18) years of age to consent to the participation by the child in a sexual performance. (c) A person who violates this section upon conviction is guilty of a: (1) Class C felony for the first offense; and (2) Class B felony for a subsequent offense. Acts 1983, No. 451, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-4207; Acts 2011, No. 1190, § 3.\n\n(a) It is unlawful for a person, knowing the character and content of the performance, to employ, authorize, or induce a child under eighteen (18) years of age to engage in a sexual performance.\n\n(b) It is also unlawful for a parent or legal guardian or custodian of a child under eighteen (18) years of age to consent to the participation by the child in a sexual performance.\n\n(c) A person who violates this section upon conviction is guilty of a: (1) Class C felony for the first offense; and (2) Class B felony for a subsequent offense.\n\n(1) Class C felony for the first offense; and\n\n(2) Class B felony for a subsequent offense.","path":["AR Code","Title 5","Chapter 27","Subchapter 4"],"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 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:35:43Z","sha256":"8b094f3a17520eb8c50f4aa130bcbc4a7f8fd8f81fac99286f615e05bb437903","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-27-401","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-27-403","notices":[{"id":"open-us-law","title":"Open US Law compilation","text":"Compilation CC BY 4.0, Open US Law (Vaquill AI). GroundRules uses only the releases published under CC BY 4.0: from v2026.09 the compilation is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, and GroundRules does not use those releases. Each affected row names its release in its vintage label. GroundRules parsed and filtered the compilation to retain enacted text.","url":"https://huggingface.co/datasets/vaquill/open-us-law","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"},{"id":"pro-ar","title":"Arkansas Release 78 supplement","text":"Arkansas electronic product files were republished by Public.Resource.Org under a public-domain mark. GroundRules uses enacted text from Release 78 only as a labeled supplement to the newer Open US Law rows.","url":"https://archive.org/details/gov.ar.code"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}