{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-54-121","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 5-54-121","heading":"Tampering with a public record","body":"(a) A person commits the offense of tampering with a public record if, with the purpose of impairing the verity, legibility, or availability of a public record, he or she knowingly: (1) Makes a false entry in or falsely alters any public record; or (2) Erases, obliterates, removes, destroys, or conceals a public record. (b) (1) (A) Tampering with a public record is a Class C felony if the public record is a court record. (B) Tampering with a public record is a Class B felony if the public record is a court record and the person broke into any building or structure with the intent of tampering with a court record located in the building or structure. (2) Otherwise, tampering with a public record is a Class D felony. Acts 1975, No. 280, § 2821; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-2821; Acts 1987, No. 37, § 1; 1999, No. 1104, § 1.\n\n(a) A person commits the offense of tampering with a public record if, with the purpose of impairing the verity, legibility, or availability of a public record, he or she knowingly: (1) Makes a false entry in or falsely alters any public record; or (2) Erases, obliterates, removes, destroys, or conceals a public record.\n\n(1) Makes a false entry in or falsely alters any public record; or\n\n(2) Erases, obliterates, removes, destroys, or conceals a public record.\n\n(b) (1) (A) Tampering with a public record is a Class C felony if the public record is a court record. (B) Tampering with a public record is a Class B felony if the public record is a court record and the person broke into any building or structure with the intent of tampering with a court record located in the building or structure. (2) Otherwise, tampering with a public record is a Class D felony.\n\n(1) (A) Tampering with a public record is a Class C felony if the public record is a court record. (B) Tampering with a public record is a Class B felony if the public record is a court record and the person broke into any building or structure with the intent of tampering with a court record located in the building or structure.\n\n(A) Tampering with a public record is a Class C felony if the public record is a court record.\n\n(B) Tampering with a public record is a Class B felony if the public record is a court record and the person broke into any building or structure with the intent of tampering with a court record located in the building or structure.\n\n(2) Otherwise, tampering with a public record is a Class D felony.","path":["AR Code","Title 5","Chapter 54","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":"5e3e99d455ee17fd6f2f5c84080a41ee7880b62d1c0f7b1536d0f0dca5595a15","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-54-120","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-54-122"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}