{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-53-108","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 5-53-108","heading":"Witness bribery","body":"(a) A person commits witness bribery if he or she: (1) Offers, confers, or agrees to confer any benefit upon a witness or a person he or she believes may be called as a witness with the purpose of: (A) Influencing the testimony of that person; (B) Inducing that person to avoid legal process summoning that person to testify; or (C) Inducing that person to absent himself or herself from an official proceeding to which that person has been legally summoned; or (2) Solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept any benefit and the conferring of the benefit is prohibited by this section. (b) Witness bribery is a Class B felony. Amended by Act 2019, No. 1017,§ 1, eff. 7/24/2019. Acts 1975, No. 280, § 2608; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-2608.\n\n(a) A person commits witness bribery if he or she: (1) Offers, confers, or agrees to confer any benefit upon a witness or a person he or she believes may be called as a witness with the purpose of: (A) Influencing the testimony of that person; (B) Inducing that person to avoid legal process summoning that person to testify; or (C) Inducing that person to absent himself or herself from an official proceeding to which that person has been legally summoned; or (2) Solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept any benefit and the conferring of the benefit is prohibited by this section.\n\n(1) Offers, confers, or agrees to confer any benefit upon a witness or a person he or she believes may be called as a witness with the purpose of: (A) Influencing the testimony of that person; (B) Inducing that person to avoid legal process summoning that person to testify; or (C) Inducing that person to absent himself or herself from an official proceeding to which that person has been legally summoned; or\n\n(A) Influencing the testimony of that person;\n\n(B) Inducing that person to avoid legal process summoning that person to testify; or\n\n(C) Inducing that person to absent himself or herself from an official proceeding to which that person has been legally summoned; or\n\n(2) Solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept any benefit and the conferring of the benefit is prohibited by this section.\n\n(b) Witness bribery is a Class B 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":"90797bb3dcbc5418b5487e19cb8b25a727d41d353a0ebfd970fdbd42571d1ecc","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-53-107","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-53-109"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}