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Arkansas Code Title 5. Criminal Offenses § 5-27-208. Offensive relations with a child

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

(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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