{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-68-203","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 5-68-203","heading":"Obscene films","body":"(a) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly exhibit, sell, offer to sell, give away, circulate, produce, distribute, attempt to distribute, or have in his or her possession any obscene film. (b) As used in this section: (1) \"Film\" means motion picture film, still picture film, slides, and movie film of any type; (2) \"Obscene\" means that to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interest; and (3) \"Person\" means any individual, partnership, firm, association, club, corporation, or other legal entity. (c) (1) Any person that knowingly exhibits, sells, offers to sell, gives away, circulates, produces, distributes, or attempts to distribute any obscene film is guilty of a Class D felony. (2) Any person that has in his or her possession an obscene film is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. Acts 1967, No. 411, §§ 1-3; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 41-3578 -- 41-3580; Acts 2005, No. 1994, § 429.\n\n(a) It is unlawful for any person to knowingly exhibit, sell, offer to sell, give away, circulate, produce, distribute, attempt to distribute, or have in his or her possession any obscene film.\n\n(b) As used in this section: (1) \"Film\" means motion picture film, still picture film, slides, and movie film of any type; (2) \"Obscene\" means that to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interest; and (3) \"Person\" means any individual, partnership, firm, association, club, corporation, or other legal entity.\n\n(1) \"Film\" means motion picture film, still picture film, slides, and movie film of any type;\n\n(2) \"Obscene\" means that to the average person, applying contemporary community standards, the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to prurient interest; and\n\n(3) \"Person\" means any individual, partnership, firm, association, club, corporation, or other legal entity.\n\n(c) (1) Any person that knowingly exhibits, sells, offers to sell, gives away, circulates, produces, distributes, or attempts to distribute any obscene film is guilty of a Class D felony. (2) Any person that has in his or her possession an obscene film is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.\n\n(1) Any person that knowingly exhibits, sells, offers to sell, gives away, circulates, produces, distributes, or attempts to distribute any obscene film is guilty of a Class D felony.\n\n(2) Any person that has in his or her possession an obscene film is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.","path":["AR Code","Title 5","Chapter 68","Subchapter 2"],"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 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:35:43Z","sha256":"58dfd9b5e512c4323f0eec343aedd6490196a83b3da27f9d687ed0a460203bd2","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-68-202","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-68-204","notices":[{"id":"open-us-law","title":"Open US Law compilation","text":"Compilation CC BY 4.0, Open US Law (Vaquill AI). GroundRules uses only the releases published under CC BY 4.0: from v2026.09 the compilation is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, and GroundRules does not use those releases. Each affected row names its release in its vintage label. GroundRules parsed and filtered the compilation to retain enacted text.","url":"https://huggingface.co/datasets/vaquill/open-us-law","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"},{"id":"pro-ar","title":"Arkansas Release 78 supplement","text":"Arkansas electronic product files were republished by Public.Resource.Org under a public-domain mark. GroundRules uses enacted text from Release 78 only as a labeled supplement to the newer Open US Law rows.","url":"https://archive.org/details/gov.ar.code"}]},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}