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Arkansas Hunter Harassment Laws

 (Ark. Code Ann. § 5-71-228 (1995))

ARKANSAS CODE OF 1987 ANNOTATED
TITLE 5. CRIMINAL OFFENSES SUBTITLE 6. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, OR WELFARE
CHAPTER 71. RIOTS, DISORDERLY CONDUCT, ETC.
SUBCHAPTER 2. OFFENSES GENERALLY

5-71-228 Obstruction of shooting, hunting, fishing, or trapping activities.
(a) It is unlawful for any person to willfully obstruct or impede the participation of any individual in the lawful activity of shooting, hunting, fishing, or trapping in this state. Provided, that nothing in this section shall prohibit a landowner or lessee from exercising his or her lawful right to prohibit hunting, fishing, or trapping on his or her land, or from exercising any other legal right.

(b)

(1) A court of general jurisdiction may enjoin conduct which would be in violation of subsection (a) of this section upon petition by a person affected or who reasonably may be affected by such conduct, upon a showing that such conduct is threatened or that it has occurred on a particular premises in the past and that it is not unreasonable to expect that under similar circumstances it will be repeated.

(2)

(A) A court of general jurisdiction may award damages to any person adversely affected by a violation of subsection (a) of this section which may include an award for punitive damages.
(B) In addition to other items of special damage, measure of damages may include expenditures of the affected person for license and permit fees, travel, guides, special equipment, and supplies, to the extent that such expenditures were rendered futile by prevention of taking of a wild animal or fish.



(c) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or imprisonment for not to exceed thirty (30) days, or both, and if such person holds an Arkansas hunting, fishing, or trapping license at the time of conviction, such license shall be revoked.

(d) This section shall not prevent any wildlife officer or other law enforcement officer from performing his or her duties.

History. Acts 1991, No. 149, §§ 1-4.

 

 

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