{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-36-105","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 5-36-105","heading":"Theft of property lost, mislaid, or delivered by mistake","body":"(a) A person commits theft of property lost, mislaid, or delivered by mistake if the person: (1) Comes into control of property of another person; (2) Retains or disposes of the property when the person knows the property to have been lost, mislaid, or delivered under a mistake as to the identity of the recipient or as to the nature or amount of the property; and (3) With the purpose of depriving any person having an interest in the property, the person fails to take a reasonable measure to restore the property to a person entitled to it. (b) Theft of property lost, mislaid, or delivered by mistake is a: (1) Class D felony if the value of the property is one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more; (2) Class B misdemeanor if: (A) The value of the property is less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) but more than five hundred dollars ($500); or (B) The property is a: (i) Credit card or credit card account number; or (ii) Debit card or debit card account number; or (3) Class C misdemeanor if otherwise committed. Acts 1975, No. 280, § 2205; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-2205; Acts 1997, No. 516, § 2; 1997, No. 518, § 2; 2003, No. 838, § 2.\n\n(a) A person commits theft of property lost, mislaid, or delivered by mistake if the person: (1) Comes into control of property of another person; (2) Retains or disposes of the property when the person knows the property to have been lost, mislaid, or delivered under a mistake as to the identity of the recipient or as to the nature or amount of the property; and (3) With the purpose of depriving any person having an interest in the property, the person fails to take a reasonable measure to restore the property to a person entitled to it.\n\n(1) Comes into control of property of another person;\n\n(2) Retains or disposes of the property when the person knows the property to have been lost, mislaid, or delivered under a mistake as to the identity of the recipient or as to the nature or amount of the property; and\n\n(3) With the purpose of depriving any person having an interest in the property, the person fails to take a reasonable measure to restore the property to a person entitled to it.\n\n(b) Theft of property lost, mislaid, or delivered by mistake is a: (1) Class D felony if the value of the property is one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more; (2) Class B misdemeanor if: (A) The value of the property is less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) but more than five hundred dollars ($500); or (B) The property is a: (i) Credit card or credit card account number; or (ii) Debit card or debit card account number; or (3) Class C misdemeanor if otherwise committed.\n\n(1) Class D felony if the value of the property is one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more;\n\n(2) Class B misdemeanor if: (A) The value of the property is less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) but more than five hundred dollars ($500); or (B) The property is a: (i) Credit card or credit card account number; or (ii) Debit card or debit card account number; or\n\n(A) The value of the property is less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) but more than five hundred dollars ($500); or\n\n(B) The property is a: (i) Credit card or credit card account number; or (ii) Debit card or debit card account number; or\n\n(i) Credit card or credit card account number; or\n\n(ii) Debit card or debit card account number; or\n\n(3) Class C misdemeanor if otherwise committed.","path":["AR Code","Title 5","Chapter 36","Subchapter 1"],"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":"5c839ae90ecd2923bc5bf1ff740f278fcac91f1753b34561f5dbaafbe9e9f375","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-36-104","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-36-106"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}