{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-70-107","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 5-70-107","heading":"Sexual solicitation of a minor","body":"(a) A person commits the offense of sexual solicitation of a minor if he or she: (1) Offers or agrees to pay a fee or provide a thing of value to a person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is a minor to engage in sexual activity with the person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is a minor; (2) Offers or agrees to pay a fee or provide a thing of value to another person for the purpose of engaging in sexual activity with a person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is a minor; (3) Solicits, offers, or agrees to accept a fee or a thing of value from another person for the purpose of allowing the other person to engage in sexual activity with a person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is a minor; or (4) Pays a fee or provides a thing of value to a person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is a minor or another person for the purpose of engaging in sexual activity with the person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is a minor. (b) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under this section that the actor in good faith reasonably believed that the minor was eighteen (18) years of age or older. (c) It is not a defense to a prosecution under this section that the minor consented to the sexual activity. (d) Sexual solicitation of a minor is a Class B felony. (e) (1) In addition to any other sentence authorized by this section, a person who violates this section by offering to pay, agreeing to pay, or paying a fee to engage in sexual activity upon conviction shall be ordered to pay a fine of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) nor more than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000). (2) Fine payments received under subdivision (e)(1) of this section shall be deposited as follows: (A) Fifty percent (50%) into the Safe Harbor Fund for Sexually Exploited Children; and (B) Fifty percent (50%) into the Human Trafficking Victim Support Fund. Added by Act 2023, No. 722,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2023.\n\n(a) A person commits the offense of sexual solicitation of a minor if he or she: (1) Offers or agrees to pay a fee or provide a thing of value to a person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is a minor to engage in sexual activity with the person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is a minor; (2) Offers or agrees to pay a fee or provide a thing of value to another person for the purpose of engaging in sexual activity with a person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is a minor; (3) Solicits, offers, or agrees to accept a fee or a thing of value from another person for the purpose of allowing the other person to engage in sexual activity with a person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is a minor; or (4) Pays a fee or provides a thing of value to a person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is a minor or another person for the purpose of engaging in sexual activity with the person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is a minor.\n\n(1) Offers or agrees to pay a fee or provide a thing of value to a person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is a minor to engage in sexual activity with the person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is a minor;\n\n(2) Offers or agrees to pay a fee or provide a thing of value to another person for the purpose of engaging in sexual activity with a person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is a minor;\n\n(3) Solicits, offers, or agrees to accept a fee or a thing of value from another person for the purpose of allowing the other person to engage in sexual activity with a person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is a minor; or\n\n(4) Pays a fee or provides a thing of value to a person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is a minor or another person for the purpose of engaging in sexual activity with the person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is a minor.\nor the purpose of allowing the other person to engage in sexual activity with a person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is a minor; or\n\n(4) Pays a fee or provides a thing of value to a person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is a minor or another person for the purpose of engaging in sexual activity with the person who he or she knows or reasonably should know is a minor.\n\n(b) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under this section that the actor in good faith reasonably believed that the minor was eighteen (18) years of age or older.\n\n(c) It is not a defense to a prosecution under this section that the minor consented to the sexual activity.\n\n(d) Sexual solicitation of a minor is a Class B felony.\n\n(e) (1) In addition to any other sentence authorized by this section, a person who violates this section by offering to pay, agreeing to pay, or paying a fee to engage in sexual activity upon conviction shall be ordered to pay a fine of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) nor more than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000). (2) Fine payments received under subdivision (e)(1) of this section shall be deposited as follows: (A) Fifty percent (50%) into the Safe Harbor Fund for Sexually Exploited Children; and (B) Fifty percent (50%) into the Human Trafficking Victim Support Fund.\n\n(1) In addition to any other sentence authorized by this section, a person who violates this section by offering to pay, agreeing to pay, or paying a fee to engage in sexual activity upon conviction shall be ordered to pay a fine of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) nor more than fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000).\n\n(2) Fine payments received under subdivision (e)(1) of this section shall be deposited as follows: (A) Fifty percent (50%) into the Safe Harbor Fund for Sexually Exploited Children; and (B) Fifty percent (50%) into the Human Trafficking Victim Support Fund.\n\n(A) Fifty percent (50%) into the Safe Harbor Fund for Sexually Exploited Children; and\n\n(B) Fifty percent (50%) into the Human Trafficking Victim Support Fund.","path":["AR Code","Title 5","Chapter 70"],"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":"735d838920370c1221e0c3f6ee2089bd9594324e18f94f2f9c638e7c0cca84fa","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-70-106","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-71-101"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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