Arkansas Statutes
§ 5-71-214 — Obstructing a highway or other public passage
Arkansas·Title 5
(a)A person commits the offense of obstructing a highway or other public passage if, having no legal privilege to do so and acting alone or with another person, he or she renders any highway or other public passage impassable to pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
(b)It is a defense to a prosecution under this section that:
(1)The highway or other public passage was rendered impassable solely because of a gathering of persons to hear the defendant speak or otherwise communicate;
(2)The defendant was a member of a gathering contemplated by subdivision (b)(1) of this section; or (3) The highway or public passage obstructed has not been established as a city street, county road, or state or federal highway under the laws of this state and no civil court has established a right of passage by
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Related
Smith v. State
757 S.W.2d 554 (Supreme Court of Arkansas, 1988)
Cothren v. State
42 S.W.3d 543 (Supreme Court of Arkansas, 2001)
McLennan v. State
987 S.W.2d 668 (Supreme Court of Arkansas, 1999)
Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Intl. Union v. Earle Industries, Inc.
886 S.W.2d 594 (Supreme Court of Arkansas, 1994)
Hagen v. State
883 S.W.2d 832 (Supreme Court of Arkansas, 1994)
Opinion No.
(Arkansas Attorney General Reports, 2001)
Legislative History
Amended by Act 2021, No. 1014,§ 10, eff. 7/28/2021. Acts 1975, No. 280, § 2915; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-2915; Acts 1999, No. 1105, § 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
Statute of limitations