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Ark. Code Ann. § 5-13-209 (2026)

Abuse of athletic contest officials

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  1. A person commits abuse of an athletic official if, with the purpose of causing physical injury to another person, the person strikes or otherwise physically abuses an athletic contest official immediately prior to, during, or immediately following an interscholastic, intercollegiate, or any other organized amateur or professional athletic contest in which the athletic contest official is participating.
  2. Abuse of an athletic official is a Class A misdemeanor.

History. Acts 1987, No. 355, § 1; 2007, No. 827, § 28.

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Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2022–2022 · leading case: Moore v. Gibson (E.D. Ark. 2022).
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