{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-53-102","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 5-53-102","heading":"Perjury generally","body":"(a) A person commits perjury if in an official proceeding he or she knowingly: (1) Makes a false material statement under an oath required or authorized by law; (2) Applies for or submits an absentee ballot for a city, school district, county, state, or federal election knowing that he or she is unlawfully applying for or unlawfully submitting the absentee ballot; or (3) Makes a false unsworn declaration under the Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act, § 16-2-201 et seq. (b) Lack of knowledge of the materiality of the statement is not a defense to a charge of perjury under this section. (c) Perjury is a Class C felony. Amended by Act 2017, No. 889,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017. Amended by Act 2015, No. 1166,§ 1, eff. 7/22/2015. Acts 1975, No. 280, § 2602; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-2602.\n\n(a) A person commits perjury if in an official proceeding he or she knowingly: (1) Makes a false material statement under an oath required or authorized by law; (2) Applies for or submits an absentee ballot for a city, school district, county, state, or federal election knowing that he or she is unlawfully applying for or unlawfully submitting the absentee ballot; or (3) Makes a false unsworn declaration under the Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act, § 16-2-201 et seq.\n\n(1) Makes a false material statement under an oath required or authorized by law;\n\n(2) Applies for or submits an absentee ballot for a city, school district, county, state, or federal election knowing that he or she is unlawfully applying for or unlawfully submitting the absentee ballot; or\n\n(3) Makes a false unsworn declaration under the Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act, § 16-2-201 et seq.\n\n(b) Lack of knowledge of the materiality of the statement is not a defense to a charge of perjury under this section.\n\n(c) Perjury is a Class C felony.","path":["AR Code","Title 5","Chapter 53","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":"95b18861a01b3f2428097c94524b28e3f703e3990a805c1fd389e882c15fae43","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-53-101","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-53-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}