{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-27-605","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 5-27-605","heading":"Computer exploitation of a child","body":"(a) (1) A person commits computer exploitation of a child in the first degree if the person: (A) Causes or permits a child to engage in sexually explicit conduct; and (B) Knows, has reason to know, or intends that the prohibited conduct may be: (i) Photographed; (ii) Filmed; (iii) Reproduced; (iv) Reconstructed in any manner, including on the internet; or (v) Part of an exhibition or performance. (2) Computer exploitation of a child in the first degree is a Class Y felony. (b) (1) A person commits computer exploitation of a child in the second degree if the person: (A) Photographs or films a child engaged in sexually explicit conduct; or (B) Uses any device, including a computer, to reproduce or reconstruct the image of a child engaged in sexually explicit conduct. (2) Computer exploitation of a child in the second degree is a Class C felony. Amended by Act 2021, No. 1102,§ 6, eff. 7/28/2021. Acts 2001, No. 1496, § 1; 2003, No. 1087, § 4.\n\n(a) (1) A person commits computer exploitation of a child in the first degree if the person: (A) Causes or permits a child to engage in sexually explicit conduct; and (B) Knows, has reason to know, or intends that the prohibited conduct may be: (i) Photographed; (ii) Filmed; (iii) Reproduced; (iv) Reconstructed in any manner, including on the internet; or (v) Part of an exhibition or performance. (2) Computer exploitation of a child in the first degree is a Class Y felony.\n\n(1) A person commits computer exploitation of a child in the first degree if the person: (A) Causes or permits a child to engage in sexually explicit conduct; and (B) Knows, has reason to know, or intends that the prohibited conduct may be: (i) Photographed; (ii) Filmed; (iii) Reproduced; (iv) Reconstructed in any manner, including on the internet; or (v) Part of an exhibition or performance.\n\n(A) Causes or permits a child to engage in sexually explicit conduct; and\n\n(B) Knows, has reason to know, or intends that the prohibited conduct may be: (i) Photographed; (ii) Filmed; (iii) Reproduced; (iv) Reconstructed in any manner, including on the internet; or (v) Part of an exhibition or performance.\n\n(i) Photographed;\n\n(ii) Filmed;\n\n(iii) Reproduced;\n\n(iv) Reconstructed in any manner, including on the internet; or\n\n(v) Part of an exhibition or performance.\n\n(2) Computer exploitation of a child in the first degree is a Class Y felony.\n\n(b) (1) A person commits computer exploitation of a child in the second degree if the person: (A) Photographs or films a child engaged in sexually explicit conduct; or (B) Uses any device, including a computer, to reproduce or reconstruct the image of a child engaged in sexually explicit conduct. (2) Computer exploitation of a child in the second degree is a Class C felony.\n\n(1) A person commits computer exploitation of a child in the second degree if the person: (A) Photographs or films a child engaged in sexually explicit conduct; or (B) Uses any device, including a computer, to reproduce or reconstruct the image of a child engaged in sexually explicit conduct.\n\n(A) Photographs or films a child engaged in sexually explicit conduct; or\n\n(B) Uses any device, including a computer, to reproduce or reconstruct the image of a child engaged in sexually explicit conduct.\n\n(2) Computer exploitation of a child in the second degree is a Class C felony.","path":["AR Code","Title 5","Chapter 27","Subchapter 6"],"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":"2111983246c592ab312d77f07938ce50326429afc03452ac72f4b6b90e6b0f53","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-27-604","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-27-606"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}