{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-38-303","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 5-38-303","heading":"Failure to control or report a dangerous fire","body":"(a) A person commits the offense of failure to control or report a dangerous fire if the person knows that a fire is unattended and is endangering the life, physical safety, or a substantial amount of property of another person, and the person: (1) Fails to act in a reasonable manner to put out or control the fire when he or she can do so without substantial risk to himself or herself; or (2) Fails to act in a reasonable manner to report the fire. (b) Failure to control or report a dangerous fire is a Class B misdemeanor. Acts 1975, No. 280, § 1904; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-1904.\n\n(a) A person commits the offense of failure to control or report a dangerous fire if the person knows that a fire is unattended and is endangering the life, physical safety, or a substantial amount of property of another person, and the person: (1) Fails to act in a reasonable manner to put out or control the fire when he or she can do so without substantial risk to himself or herself; or (2) Fails to act in a reasonable manner to report the fire.\n\n(1) Fails to act in a reasonable manner to put out or control the fire when he or she can do so without substantial risk to himself or herself; or\n\n(2) Fails to act in a reasonable manner to report the fire.\n\n(b) Failure to control or report a dangerous fire is a Class B misdemeanor.","path":["AR Code","Title 5","Chapter 38","Subchapter 3"],"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":"f425d07393a2c6e31db520a83f4f53473b8e56c723a99276badb1f8297e83d98","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-38-302","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-38-310"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}