{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-72-106","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 5-72-106","heading":"Obstructing natural drains","body":"(a) It is unlawful for any person to obstruct in any manner any natural drain in this state. (b) Any person that obstructs in violation of subsection (a) of this section any natural drain is guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000). (c) This section does not apply to the following counties: (1) Craighead County; (2) Lee County; (3) Phillips County; and (4) Woodruff County. Acts 1909, No. 296, §§ 1, 2, p. 897; C. \u0026 M. Dig., § 2758; Pope's Dig., § 3440; Acts 1971, No. 43, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 41-4051, 41-4052; Acts 2005, No. 1994, § 469.\n\n(a) It is unlawful for any person to obstruct in any manner any natural drain in this state.\n\n(b) Any person that obstructs in violation of subsection (a) of this section any natural drain is guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).\n\n(c) This section does not apply to the following counties: (1) Craighead County; (2) Lee County; (3) Phillips County; and (4) Woodruff County.\n\n(1) Craighead County;\n\n(2) Lee County;\n\n(3) Phillips County; and\n\n(4) Woodruff County.","path":["AR Code","Title 5","Chapter 72"],"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":"2b2f73e84037f250d1af3931c9ee135534cdedccd015e5590dbf82ef4fb554b6","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-72-105","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-72-107","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."}