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AR Code § 5-37-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 5 - Criminal Offenses|Subtitle 4 - Offenses Against Property|Chapter 37 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices|Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Hot Check Law|§ 5-37-306. Prosecutions

 (a)  (1) A prosecution for a violation of this subchapter may be in the county of residence of the drawer or of the payee of the check, draft, or order, or in the county where the drawee bank is located.  (2) However, in any case involving a child support payment processed by the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration, the prosecution for the violation may be in Pulaski County.    (b) It is expressly intended in this section for the drawee, or for a third party holder in due course of a check, draft, or order, payment of which is refused by the drawee, to have the right to initiate and maintain the prosecution of a criminal charge against the maker of the check, draft, or order, whether or not the original payee consents to the action.  (c)  (1) In any prosecution under this subchapter, process shall be issued and served in the county or out of the county where the prosecution is pending and have the same binding force and effect as though the offense being prosecuted were a felony.  (2) Any officer issuing and serving process in or out of the county where the prosecution is pending and any witness from within or without the county where the prosecution is pending shall be compensated in like manner as though the offense were a felony in grade.
AR Code § 5-37-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 5 - Criminal Offenses|Subtitle 4 - Offenses Against Property|Chapter 37 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices|Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Hot Check Law|§ 5-37-307. Knowingly issuing worthless check

 (a) A person commits an offense if he or she issues or passes a check, order, draft, or any other form of presentment involving the transmission of account information for the payment of money knowing that the issuer does not have sufficient funds in or on deposit with the bank or other drawee for the payment in full of the check, order, draft, or any other form of presentment involving the transmission of account information, as well as any other check, order, draft, or any other form of presentment involving the transmission of account information outstanding at the time of issuance.  (b)  (1) This section and § 21-6-411 do not apply to a preexisting debt or a situation in which nothing of value was acquired.  (2) However, this section and § 21-6-411 do apply to a payment of rent, child support, consignment, tax, license, fee, fine, and court costs.    (c)  (1) This section does not prevent the prosecuting attorney from establishing the required knowledge by direct evidence.  (2) However, for purposes of this section, the issuer's knowledge of insufficient funds is presumed, except in the case of a postdated check, order, draft, or any other form of presentment involving the transmission of account information if:  (A) The issuer had no account with the bank or other drawee at the time he or she issued the check, order, draft, or any other form of presentment involving the transmission of account information; or  (B) Payment was refused by the bank or other drawee for lack of funds or insufficient funds on presentation within thirty (30) days after issue and the issuer failed to pay the holder in full, plus a service charge not to exceed thirty dollars ($30.00), plus the amount of any fees charged to the holder of the check by a financial institution as a result of the check's not being honored, within ten (10) days after receiving notice of that refusal.      (d) Notice for purposes of this section shall be by the procedure as set forth in §§ 5-37-303 and 5-37-304.  (e) If notice is given, it is presumed that the notice was received no later than five (5) days after it was sent.  (f) An offense under this section is a violation and is punishable as provided in § 5-4-104.  (g) This act is cumulative to all other acts and shall not repeal any other act.
AR Code § 5-37-404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 5 - Criminal Offenses|Subtitle 4 - Offenses Against Property|Chapter 37 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices|Subchapter 4 - Communication Services and Devices|§ 5-37-404. Possession of devices as evidence of intent — Presumption

 (a) In a prosecution for a violation of this subchapter, the following constitute prima facie evidence of both the defendant's intent to violate a provision of this subchapter and a violation of a provision of this subchapter:  (1) The existence on the property and in the actual possession of the defendant of any communication device or unlawful access device that is connected in such a manner as would permit the receipt of a communication service without the communication service's being reported for payment to and specifically authorized by the communication service provider; or  (2) The existence on the property and in the actual possession of the defendant when the totality of the circumstances, including quantity or volume, surrounding the defendant's arrest indicates possession for resale of any device designed, in whole or in part, to facilitate the performance of any illegal act set out in § 5-37-402.    (b) It is presumed that any person who receives a communication service to his or her residence, dwelling, or business is criminally and civilly liable for the conduct of another person at the residence, dwelling, or business for any violation of a provision of this subchapter.
AR Code § 5-37-405 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 5 - Criminal Offenses|Subtitle 4 - Offenses Against Property|Chapter 37 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices|Subchapter 4 - Communication Services and Devices|§ 5-37-405. Satellite dish

 The provisions of this subchapter shall not be construed or otherwise interpreted to prohibit an individual from owning or operating a device commonly known as a “satellite receiving dish” for the purpose of lawfully receiving and utilizing a satellite-relayed television signal for his or her own use.
AR Code § 5-37-406 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 5 - Criminal Offenses|Subtitle 4 - Offenses Against Property|Chapter 37 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices|Subchapter 4 - Communication Services and Devices|§ 5-37-406. Venue

 (a) An offense or violation of § 5-37-402 may be deemed to have been committed at either the place where the defendant manufactures, develops, or assembles a communication device or unlawful access device or assists another in doing so or the place where the communication device or unlawful access device is sold or delivered to a purchaser or recipient.  (b) It is no defense to a violation of § 5-37-402 that some of the acts constituting the violation occurred outside of this state.
AR Code § 5-37-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 5 - Criminal Offenses|Subtitle 4 - Offenses Against Property|Chapter 37 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices|Subchapter 5 - Business and Commercial Offenses Generally|§ 5-37-501. Animals — Altering teeth or failing to disclose defects

 (a) It is declared to be unlawful for any person in any manner to change or alter or cause to be changed or altered the teeth of any mule, horse, or other livestock with an intention to deceive a person to whom the livestock is offered for sale.  (b) Any person who with the intent to defraud or cheat another person designedly represents any livestock that he or she offers for sale to another person as being of a markedly superior quality or who fails to reveal a material physical defect of the animal when selling the animal to another person is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.
AR Code § 5-37-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 5 - Criminal Offenses|Subtitle 4 - Offenses Against Property|Chapter 37 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices|Subchapter 5 - Business and Commercial Offenses Generally|§ 5-37-502. Animals — Marking, branding, or altering brands

 If any person shall mark, brand, or alter the mark or brand of any animal being the property of another person with an intent to steal or convert the carcass or skin of the animal to his or her own use or to prevent identification by the true owner, then upon conviction the person shall be punished in the same manner prescribed by law for theft of the value of the animal.
AR Code § 5-37-503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 5 - Criminal Offenses|Subtitle 4 - Offenses Against Property|Chapter 37 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices|Subchapter 5 - Business and Commercial Offenses Generally|§ 5-37-503. Animals — False registration or pedigree

 Any person who by any false pretense obtains from any club, association, society, or company for improving the breed of cattle, horses, sheep, swine, or other domestic animals a certificate of registration of any animal in the herd register or other register of the club, association, society, or company, or a transfer on any registration, and any person who knowingly gives a false pedigree of any animal, upon conviction is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
AR Code § 5-37-504 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 5 - Criminal Offenses|Subtitle 4 - Offenses Against Property|Chapter 37 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices|Subchapter 5 - Business and Commercial Offenses Generally|§ 5-37-504. Horses — Behavior alteration before sale

 (a) It is unlawful for any person to sell any horse or mule that has been treated in any manner with a behavior-altering substance within the previous twenty-four (24) hours.  (b)  (1) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a buyer may rescind the sale of a horse or mule and receive full repayment of any moneys paid if the horse or mule has been treated with a behavior-altering substance within twenty-four (24) hours of the sale.  (2) However, if the expiration of the twenty-four (24) hours falls on a weekend or holiday, the right to rescind extends through the next business day following the weekend or holiday.    (c) Any violation of a provision of this section is a Class A misdemeanor.  (d) This section does not apply to any horse claimed in a claiming race at a licensed racetrack under the jurisdiction of the Arkansas Racing Commission if the treatment otherwise subject to this section consists only of a medication that may be administered to the horse without violating any applicable rule of the commission.
AR Code § 5-37-505 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 5 - Criminal Offenses|Subtitle 4 - Offenses Against Property|Chapter 37 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices|Subchapter 5 - Business and Commercial Offenses Generally|§ 5-37-505. Insurance fraud by use of a procurer

 (a) As used in this section and § 5-37-506:  (1)  (A) “Procurer” means a person or entity that for pecuniary benefit procures or attempts to procure a client, patient, or customer by directly contacting the client, patient, or customer in person, by telephone, or by electronic means at the direction of, request of, employment of, or in cooperation with a provider.  (B) “Procurer” does not include a provider or a person that procures or attempts to procure a client, patient, or customer for a provider through public media or a person that refers a client, patient, or customer to a provider as otherwise authorized by law;    (2) “Provider” means:  (A) An attorney;  (B) A healthcare provider; or  (C) An employee of a provider; and    (3) “Public media” means telephone directories, professional directories, newspapers and other periodicals, radio and television, billboards, and mailed or electronically transmitted written or visual communications that do not involve in-person or direct contact with a specific prospective client, patient, or customer.    (b) A person commits the offense of insurance fraud by use of a procurer if:  (1) He or she is a procurer or provider; and  (2) For the purpose of defrauding an insured person or an insurance carrier, he or she knowingly:  (A) Falsely represents the services to be provided to an actual or prospective client, patient, or customer;  (B) Makes a misrepresentation, including without limitation affiliation with an insurance company, a law enforcement agency, or a governing board of a healthcare provider while procuring or attempting to procure a client, patient, or customer; or  (C) Uses, solicits, directs, hires, or employs another person to act as a procurer to falsely represent the services to be provided to an actual or prospective client, patient, or customer.      (c) Insurance fraud by use of a procurer or provider is a Class D felony.
AR Code § 5-37-506 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 5 - Criminal Offenses|Subtitle 4 - Offenses Against Property|Chapter 37 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices|Subchapter 5 - Business and Commercial Offenses Generally|§ 5-37-506. Prohibited activity by a procurer or provider

 (a) A person commits the offense of prohibited activity by a procurer or provider if:  (1) The person is a procurer and he or she knowingly:  (A) Offers or gives anything of value to a person in order to cause the person to seek medical care from a specific healthcare provider; or  (B) Solicits a person currently under the care of a chiropractic physician to seek care from another chiropractic physician; or    (2) The person is a provider and he or she knowingly permits a procurer that he or she uses, directs, or employs to engage in conduct prohibited by subdivision (a)(1) of this section.    (b) Prohibited activity by a procurer or provider is a Class D felony.
AR Code § 5-37-507 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 5 - Criminal Offenses|Subtitle 4 - Offenses Against Property|Chapter 37 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices|Subchapter 5 - Business and Commercial Offenses Generally|§ 5-37-507. Software and other devices and mechanisms used to falsify electronic records

 (a) It is unlawful for a person to knowingly manufacture, sell, rent, lease, make available, purchase, install, transfer, possess, or use software or any other device or mechanism designed to falsify the electronic records of an electronic cash register or other point-of-sale system for the purpose of evading a tax due under Arkansas law.  (b) A person that violates this section upon conviction is:  (1) Guilty of a Class C felony; and  (2) Liable for all taxes assessed by the Department of Finance and Administration under the Arkansas Tax Procedure Act, § 26-18-101 et seq., as the result of the violation of this section.
AR Code § 5-37-520 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 5 - Criminal Offenses|Subtitle 4 - Offenses Against Property|Chapter 37 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices|Subchapter 5 - Business and Commercial Offenses Generally|§ 5-37-520. Misrepresentation of nature of business

 (a) It is unlawful for any person, firm, association, or corporation to misrepresent the true nature of its business by use of the words “manufacturer”, “wholesaler”, “retailer”, or a word of similar import or for any person, firm, association, or corporation to represent itself as selling at wholesale or to use the word “wholesale” in any form of sale or advertising unless the person, firm, association, or corporation is actually selling at wholesale an item advertised for the purpose of resale.  (b) As used in this section, “wholesale” means a sale made for the purpose of resale and not a sale made to the consuming purchaser.  (c)  (1) Any person who violates any provision of this section is guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) and not more than two hundred dollars ($200).  (2) Each day's violation constitutes a separate offense.
AR Code § 5-37-521 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 5 - Criminal Offenses|Subtitle 4 - Offenses Against Property|Chapter 37 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices|Subchapter 5 - Business and Commercial Offenses Generally|§ 5-37-521. Farm implements — Removal or alteration of serial number

 (a) Any person who knowingly buys, receives, disposes of, sells, offers for sale, or has in his or her possession any tractor, trailer, or other farm implement or engine removed from the tractor or farm implement from which the manufacturer's serial or engine number or other distinguishing number or identification mark or number placed on the tractor, trailer, or farm implement or engine has been removed, defaced, covered, altered, or destroyed for the purpose of concealing or misrepresenting the identity of the tractor, trailer, or farm implement or engine is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.  (b)  (1) No person with fraudulent intent shall deface, destroy, or alter the manufacturer's serial or engine number or other distinguishing number or identification mark of a tractor, trailer, or other farm implement.  (2) No person shall place or stamp any fictitious or unauthorized serial, engine, or other number or distinguishing mark with the intention that the fictitious or unauthorized serial, engine, or other number or distinguishing mark pass for a number or mark placed on a tractor, trailer, or farm implement by the manufacturer of the tractor, trailer, or farm implement.  (3)  (A) This subsection does not prohibit the restoration by an owner or repairer of an original serial, engine, or other number or distinguishing mark.  (B) However, this subsection is designed to prohibit and prevent the fraudulent removal or alteration of a mark or number placed on a tractor, trailer, or other farm implement by the manufacturer.      (c) Any person found guilty of a violation of a provision of this section is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
AR Code § 5-37-522 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 5 - Criminal Offenses|Subtitle 4 - Offenses Against Property|Chapter 37 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices|Subchapter 5 - Business and Commercial Offenses Generally|§ 5-37-522. Tobacco — Removal of serial number on container

 (a) It is unlawful for any person to remove, obliterate, or otherwise render unreadable the manufacturer's serial number or code number on any case, carton, package, or other container of any tobacco product.  (b) Any person violating a provision of this section is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
AR Code § 5-37-524 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 5 - Criminal Offenses|Subtitle 4 - Offenses Against Property|Chapter 37 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices|Subchapter 5 - Business and Commercial Offenses Generally|§ 5-37-524. Fraud in the acquisition of authorization to provide motor vehicle transportation of property

 (a) It is the intent of this section to deter a person from using a telephone or another electronic means of communication to obtain authorization from any person in this state to transport the property of another person by motor vehicle, whether the property is to be transported within or without this state, and to thereafter fail to deliver the property in the manner prescribed in the contract or to appropriate the property contracted to be transported, or the proceeds from the property contracted to be transported, to the actor's own use.  (b) A person commits fraud in the acquisition of authorization to provide motor vehicle transportation of property if the person obtains authority by telephone, wire, or other electronic means from any person in this state to transport a good within or without this state and thereafter:  (1) Fails to deliver the good in the time and manner prescribed by the contract, with intent to defraud the owner or shipper of the good;  (2) Appropriates to the actor's own use the good contracted to be transported; or  (3) Appropriates to the actor's own use the proceeds from the sale, barter, or other transfer of ownership of the good contracted to be transported.    (c) Fraud in the acquisition of authorization to provide motor vehicle transportation of property is a Class D felony.
AR Code § 5-37-525 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 5 - Criminal Offenses|Subtitle 4 - Offenses Against Property|Chapter 37 - Forgery and Fraudulent Practices|Subchapter 5 - Business and Commercial Offenses Generally|§ 5-37-525. Defrauding a materialman

 (a) A person commits the offense of defrauding a materialman if, being the principal contractor or subcontractor, the person knowingly or wilfully with the purpose to defraud fails to pay any supplier or subcontractor for a material or good furnished to the project within thirty (30) days of final receipt of payment under the contract.  (b) Defrauding a materialman is a:  (1) Class D felony if the amount is equal to or greater than five thousand dollars ($5,000); or  (2) Class A misdemeanor if otherwise committed.    (c) This section does not apply to a principal contractor or subcontractor covered by § 22-9-101 et seq.  (d) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the contractor or subcontractor has given notice of a dispute in a term, condition, payment, or quality of good to the contracting consumer or to the supplier or subcontractor, or the contractor has in good faith sought relief in federal court under the bankruptcy laws of the United States, prior to the expiration of the thirty (30) days after receipt of payment under the contract.
AR Code § 5-38-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 5 - Criminal Offenses|Subtitle 4 - Offenses Against Property|Chapter 38 - Damage or Destruction of Property|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 5-38-101. Definitions

 As used in this chapter:   (1) “Catastrophe” means:  (A) Serious physical injury or death to five (5) or more persons; or  (B) Substantial damage to five (5) or more occupiable structures or property loss in excess of five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000);    (2)  (A) “Occupiable structure” means a vehicle, building, or other structure:  (i) In which any person lives or carries on a business or other calling;  (ii) In which people assemble for a purpose of business, government, education, religion, entertainment, or public transportation; or  (iii) That is customarily used for overnight accommodation of a person, whether or not a person is actually present.    (B) “Occupiable structure” includes each unit of an occupiable structure divided into a separately occupied unit;    (3) “Property” means real property or tangible or intangible personal property, including money or any paper or document that represents or embodies anything of value;  (4) “Property of another person” means any property in which any person or government other than the actor has a possessory or proprietary interest; and  (5) “Vital public facility” means a facility maintained for use for:  (A) Public communication, transportation, or supply of water, gas, or power;  (B) Law enforcement;  (C) Fire protection;  (D) Civil or national defense; or  (E) Other public service.
AR Code § 5-38-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 5 - Criminal Offenses|Subtitle 4 - Offenses Against Property|Chapter 38 - Damage or Destruction of Property|Subchapter 2 - Offenses Generally|§ 5-38-202. Causing a catastrophe — Threatening to cause a catastrophe

 (a)  (1) A person commits the offense of causing a catastrophe if he or she knowingly causes a catastrophe by:  (A) Explosion;  (B) Fire;  (C) Flood;  (D) Avalanche;  (E) Collapse of building;  (F) Distribution of a poison, radioactive material, bacteria, or virus; or  (G) Another dangerous and difficult to confine force or substance.    (2) Causing a catastrophe is a Class Y felony.    (b)  (1) A person commits the offense of threatening to cause a catastrophe if he or she:  (A) Contacts any person, company, corporation, or governmental entity; and  (B) Threatens to cause a catastrophe by explosion, fire, flood, avalanche, collapse of building, release of a poison, radioactive material, bacteria, or virus, or another dangerous and difficult to confine force or substance, unless:  (i) Paid a sum of money or any type of property; or  (ii) The person, company, corporation, or governmental entity performs a requested act.      (2) Threatening to cause a catastrophe is a Class D felony.    (c) In addition to any other restitution ordered under § 5-4-205, a court may order that a person who violates this section make restitution to the state or any political subdivision of the state for any cleanup costs associated with the commission of the offense.