Arkansas Statutes
§ 5-26-203 — Concealing birth
Arkansas § 5-26-203
JurisdictionArkansas
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Bluebook
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-26-203 (2026).
Text
(a)A person commits the offense of concealing birth if he or she hides the corpse of a newborn child with purpose to conceal the fact of the child's birth or to prevent a determination of whether the child was born alive.
(b)Concealing birth is a Class D felony.
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Legislative History
Acts 1975, No. 280, § 2404; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-2404; Acts 2001, No. 205, § 1.
Nearby Sections
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§ 5-1-101
Title§ 5-1-102
Definitions§ 5-1-103
Applicability to offenses generally§ 5-1-104
Territorial applicability§ 5-1-106
Felonies§ 5-1-107
Misdemeanors§ 5-1-108
Violations§ 5-1-109
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Arkansas § 5-26-203, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/ar/5-26-203.