{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-71-230","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 5-71-230","heading":"Violation of the protection of peace for mourning at a funeral","body":"(a) As used in this section: (1) (A) \"Funeral\" means a ceremony or memorial service held in connection with the burial or cremation of a person who has died in which the family of the deceased has a personal stake in memorializing and honoring the deceased and the desire to be able to mourn in peace during the ceremony or memorial service. (B) \"Funeral\" does not include a procession related to the funeral; and (2) \"Picket\" means to engage in the activity of protesting or demonstrating to target a funeral without authorization from the family of the deceased. (b) A person commits the offense of violation of the protection of peace for mourning at a funeral if the person: (1) Knowingly pickets a funeral; (2) Has a purpose to interfere with the funeral; and (3) Pickets: (A) Within three hundred feet (300') of any ingress or egress of the funeral; and (B) Either: (i) During the funeral; (ii) Within thirty (30) minutes immediately before the scheduled commencement of the funeral; or (iii) Within thirty (30) minutes immediately following the completion of the funeral. (c) (1) Violation of the protection of the peace for mourning at a funeral is a Class C misdemeanor. (2) A person commits a separate offense for each funeral that the person pickets in violation of this section. Amended by Act 2013, No. 1125,§ 17, eff. 8/16/2013. Acts 2006 (1st Ex. Sess.), No. 1, § 1; 2011, No. 142, § 1.\n\n(a) As used in this section: (1) (A) \"Funeral\" means a ceremony or memorial service held in connection with the burial or cremation of a person who has died in which the family of the deceased has a personal stake in memorializing and honoring the deceased and the desire to be able to mourn in peace during the ceremony or memorial service. (B) \"Funeral\" does not include a procession related to the funeral; and (2) \"Picket\" means to engage in the activity of protesting or demonstrating to target a funeral without authorization from the family of the deceased.\n\n(1) (A) \"Funeral\" means a ceremony or memorial service held in connection with the burial or cremation of a person who has died in which the family of the deceased has a personal stake in memorializing and honoring the deceased and the desire to be able to mourn in peace during the ceremony or memorial service. (B) \"Funeral\" does not include a procession related to the funeral; and\n\n(A) \"Funeral\" means a ceremony or memorial service held in connection with the burial or cremation of a person who has died in which the family of the deceased has a personal stake in memorializing and honoring the deceased and the desire to be able to mourn in peace during the ceremony or memorial service.\n\n(B) \"Funeral\" does not include a procession related to the funeral; and\n\n(2) \"Picket\" means to engage in the activity of protesting or demonstrating to target a funeral without authorization from the family of the deceased.\nthe family of the deceased has a personal stake in memorializing and honoring the deceased and the desire to be able to mourn in peace during the ceremony or memorial service.\n\n(B) \"Funeral\" does not include a procession related to the funeral; and\n\n(2) \"Picket\" means to engage in the activity of protesting or demonstrating to target a funeral without authorization from the family of the deceased.\n\n(b) A person commits the offense of violation of the protection of peace for mourning at a funeral if the person: (1) Knowingly pickets a funeral; (2) Has a purpose to interfere with the funeral; and (3) Pickets: (A) Within three hundred feet (300') of any ingress or egress of the funeral; and (B) Either: (i) During the funeral; (ii) Within thirty (30) minutes immediately before the scheduled commencement of the funeral; or (iii) Within thirty (30) minutes immediately following the completion of the funeral.\n\n(1) Knowingly pickets a funeral;\n\n(2) Has a purpose to interfere with the funeral; and\n\n(3) Pickets: (A) Within three hundred feet (300') of any ingress or egress of the funeral; and (B) Either: (i) During the funeral; (ii) Within thirty (30) minutes immediately before the scheduled commencement of the funeral; or (iii) Within thirty (30) minutes immediately following the completion of the funeral.\n\n(A) Within three hundred feet (300') of any ingress or egress of the funeral; and\n\n(B) Either: (i) During the funeral; (ii) Within thirty (30) minutes immediately before the scheduled commencement of the funeral; or (iii) Within thirty (30) minutes immediately following the completion of the funeral.\n\n(i) During the funeral;\n\n(ii) Within thirty (30) minutes immediately before the scheduled commencement of the funeral; or\n\n(iii) Within thirty (30) minutes immediately following the completion of the funeral.\n\n(c) (1) Violation of the protection of the peace for mourning at a funeral is a Class C misdemeanor. (2) A person commits a separate offense for each funeral that the person pickets in violation of this section.\n\n(1) Violation of the protection of the peace for mourning at a funeral is a Class C misdemeanor.\n\n(2) A person commits a separate offense for each funeral that the person pickets in violation of this section.","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":"b7c479ac5d708210de72fd2c4fa2ffd1c81b04436708506af67fa4ece8b54024","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-71-229","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-71-301"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}