{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-53-103","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 5-53-103","heading":"False swearing generally","body":"(a) A person commits false swearing if other than in an official proceeding he or she makes a false material statement, knowing it to be false, under an oath required or authorized by law or in an 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 false swearing.\n\n(c) False swearing is a Class A misdemeanor.","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":"a592224d96aaec5e9c51bab095c3ad90409ebbc09b614f2f583e69bfcea421ec","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-53-102","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-53-104"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}