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Arkansas Code Title 5. Criminal Offenses § 5-38-206. Damaging wires and other fixtures of telephone, cable, and electric power companies

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

(a) It is unlawful for a person to knowingly damage, destroy, or pull down:

(1) A telephone, cable communications, or electric power transmission pedestal or pole owned or operated by a telephone, cable, or electric power company;

(2) A telephone, cable communications, or electric power line, wire, fiber insulator, power supply transformer, transmission, or other apparatus, equipment, or fixture, including without limitation a backup deep cycle battery or other power supply, used in the transmission of telephone, cable communications, or electric power owned or operated by a telephone, cable, or electric power company; or

(3) Equipment related to wireless communications that are regulated by the Federal Communications Commission.

(b) It is unlawful for a person to knowingly damage, destroy, remove, or alter in a way that could result in physical injury any electric power line, gas line, water line, wire or fiber insulator, electric motor, or other similar apparatus connected to a farm shop, an on-farm grain drying and storage complex, a heating and cooling system, an environmental control system, an animal production facility, an irrigation system, or a dwelling.

(c) A violation of this section is a Class D felony.

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Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Arkansas Code Title 5. Criminal Offenses § 5-38-206. Damaging wires and other fixtures of telephone, cable, and electric power companies - last updated March 28, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ar/title-5-criminal-offenses/ar-code-sect-5-38-206/

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