{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-71-206","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 5-71-206","heading":"Failure to disperse","body":"(a) A person commits the offense of failure to disperse if, during a riot or an unlawful assembly, he or she refuses or knowingly fails to disperse when ordered to disperse by a law enforcement officer or other person engaged in enforcing or executing the law.\n\n(b) It is a defense to a prosecution under this section that the actor was a news reporter or other person observing or recording the events on behalf of the news media not knowingly obstructing efforts by a law enforcement officer or other person engaged in enforcing or executing the law to control or abate the riot or unlawful assembly.\n\n(c) Failure to disperse is a Class C misdemeanor.","path":["AR Code","Title 5","Chapter 71","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 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"34bee61828bcacf1671dd979580019fe7b431bcf66e509139ee6e86ca85e0faa","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-71-205","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-71-207"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}