{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-54-131","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 5-54-131","heading":"Absconding","body":"(a) A person commits the offense of absconding if the person knowingly: (1) Leaves a designated residence while under house arrest ordered as a condition of the person's release on a criminal offense by a court of competent jurisdiction; (2) Leaves a designated area while wearing an electronic monitoring device ordered as a condition of the person's release on a criminal offense by a: (A) Court of competent jurisdiction; or (B) (i) Sheriff or his or her designee. (ii) A determination by a sheriff or his or her designee placing a person on electronic monitoring remains valid until changed by the sheriff or his or her designee; or (3) Fails to abide by the terms of his or her sentence or conditions imposed under § 16-90-122 concerning his or her release pending bed space at the Division of Correction or the Division of Community Correction by not reporting to a designated place or at a designated time in order to submit himself or herself to the custody of the Division of Correction or the Division of Community Correction to serve a period of incarceration he or she was previously ordered by a court to serve. (b) The offense of absconding is a Class D felony. Amended by Act 2019, No. 505,§ 1, eff. 7/24/2019. Acts 1993, No. 473, § 1; 1999, No. 755, § 1.\n\n(a) A person commits the offense of absconding if the person knowingly: (1) Leaves a designated residence while under house arrest ordered as a condition of the person's release on a criminal offense by a court of competent jurisdiction; (2) Leaves a designated area while wearing an electronic monitoring device ordered as a condition of the person's release on a criminal offense by a: (A) Court of competent jurisdiction; or (B) (i) Sheriff or his or her designee. (ii) A determination by a sheriff or his or her designee placing a person on electronic monitoring remains valid until changed by the sheriff or his or her designee; or (3) Fails to abide by the terms of his or her sentence or conditions imposed under § 16-90-122 concerning his or her release pending bed space at the Division of Correction or the Division of Community Correction by not reporting to a designated place or at a designated time in order to submit himself or herself to the custody of the Division of Correction or the Division of Community Correction to serve a period of incarceration he or she was previously ordered by a court to serve.\n\n(1) Leaves a designated residence while under house arrest ordered as a condition of the person's release on a criminal offense by a court of competent jurisdiction;\n\n(2) Leaves a designated area while wearing an electronic monitoring device ordered as a condition of the person's release on a criminal offense by a: (A) Court of competent jurisdiction; or (B) (i) Sheriff or his or her designee. (ii) A determination by a sheriff or his or her designee placing a person on electronic monitoring remains valid until changed by the sheriff or his or her designee; or\n\n(A) Court of competent jurisdiction; or\n\n(B) (i) Sheriff or his or her designee. (ii) A determination by a sheriff or his or her designee placing a person on electronic monitoring remains valid until changed by the sheriff or his or her designee; or\n\n(i) Sheriff or his or her designee.\n\n(ii) A determination by a sheriff or his or her designee placing a person on electronic monitoring remains valid until changed by the sheriff or his or her designee; or\n\n(3) Fails to abide by the terms of his or her sentence or conditions imposed under § 16-90-122 concerning his or her release pending bed space at the Division of Correction or the Division of Community Correction by not reporting to a designated place or at a designated time in order to submit himself or herself to the custody of the Division of Correction or the Division of Community Correction to serve a period of incarceration he or she was previously ordered by a court to serve.\n-90-122 concerning his or her release pending bed space at the Division of Correction or the Division of Community Correction by not reporting to a designated place or at a designated time in order to submit himself or herself to the custody of the Division of Correction or the Division of Community Correction to serve a period of incarceration he or she was previously ordered by a court to serve.\n\n(b) The offense of absconding 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":"12f9fabf9eb166971f81dd8bad767e58090a2a1471112c2a2918ce3a7247b288","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-54-130","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-54-132"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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