Arkansas § 5-54-203 Making a terrorist threat

Arkansas Statutes

§ 5-54-203 — Making a terrorist threat

Arkansas § 5-54-203

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Ark. Code Ann. § 5-54-203 (2026).

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(a)A person commits the offense of making a terrorist threat if, with the purpose to intimidate or coerce a civilian population or to influence the policy of a government or a unit of government by intimidation or coercion, the person in any manner knowingly threatens to commit or causes to be committed a terrorist act and thereby causes a reasonable expectation or fear of the imminent commission of a terrorist act or of another terrorist act.

(b)It is not a defense to a prosecution under this section that at the time the person made the terrorist threat, unknown to him or her it was impossible to carry out the threat, nor is it a defense that the threat was not made to a person who was a subject or intended victim of the threatened act.

(c)Making a terrorist threat is a Class A felony.

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(a) A person commits the offense of making a terrorist threat if, with the purpose to intimidate or coerce a civilian population or to influence the policy of a government or a unit of government by intimidation or coercion, the person in any manner knowingly threatens to commit or causes to be committed a terrorist act and thereby causes a reasonable expectation or fear of the imminent commission of a terrorist act or of another terrorist act. (b) It is not a defense to a prosecution under this section that at the time the person made the terrorist threat, unknown to him or her it was impossible to carry out the threat, nor is it a defense that the threat was not made to a person who was a subject or intended victim of the threatened act. (c) Making a terrorist threat is a Class A felony.