Arkansas § 18-60-303 Actions constituting forcible entry and detainer

Arkansas Statutes

§ 18-60-303 — Actions constituting forcible entry and detainer

Arkansas § 18-60-303

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Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-303 (2026).

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A person shall be guilty of a forcible entry and detainer within the meaning of this subchapter if the person shall:

(1)Enter into or upon any lands, tenements, or other possessions and detain or hold them without right or claim to title;

(2)Enter by breaking open the doors and windows or other parts of the house, whether any person is in it or not;

(3)Threaten to kill, maim, or beat the party in possession or use words and actions as have a natural tendency to excite fear or apprehension of danger;

(4)Put out of doors or carry away the goods of the party in possession; or (5) Enter peaceably and then turning out by force or frightening by threats or other circumstances of terror the party to yield possession.

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A person shall be guilty of a forcible entry and detainer within the meaning of this subchapter if the person shall: (1) Enter into or upon any lands, tenements, or other possessions and detain or hold them without right or claim to title; (2) Enter by breaking open the doors and windows or other parts of the house, whether any person is in it or not; (3) Threaten to kill, maim, or beat the party in possession or use words and actions as have a natural tendency to excite fear or apprehension of danger; (4) Put out of doors or carry away the goods of the party in possession; or (5) Enter peaceably and then turning out by force or frightening by threats or other circumstances of terror the party to yield possession.