Arkansas § 5-27-208 Offensive relations with a child

Arkansas Statutes

§ 5-27-208 — Offensive relations with a child

Arkansas § 5-27-208

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Ark. Code Ann. § 5-27-208 (2026).

Text

(a)A person commits offensive relations with a child if:

(1)Being twenty-one (21) years of age or older, he or she knowingly places his or her open mouth on the mouth of another person;

(2)The other person is a child thirteen (13) years of age or younger; and (3) The person has the purpose to entice or induce the other person to engage in the following with the person:

(A)Sexual intercourse;

(B)Deviate sexual activity; or (C) Sexual contact, as defined in § 5-14-101 .

(b)Offensive relations with a child is a Class A misdemeanor.

(c)It is not a defense to prosecution under this section that the actor does not know the age of the child or believes the child is fourteen (14) years of age or older.

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(a) A person commits offensive relations with a child if: (1) Being twenty-one (21) years of age or older, he or she knowingly places his or her open mouth on the mouth of another person; (2) The other person is a child thirteen (13) years of age or younger; and (3) The person has the purpose to entice or induce the other person to engage in the following with the person: (A) Sexual intercourse; (B) Deviate sexual activity; or (C) Sexual contact, as defined in § 5-14-101 . (b) Offensive relations with a child is a Class A misdemeanor. (c) It is not a defense to prosecution under this section that the actor does not know the age of the child or believes the child is fourteen (14) years of age or older.