Arkansas Code Annotated
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-26-301 (2026)
Legislative intent
✓ current as of May 2026
To the extent that any protected class of persons defined under this subchapter is afforded protection by any other existing or future statute of this state, this subchapter does not prevent a prosecution under any such existing or future statute.
History. Acts 1995, No. 1291, § 8.
A.C.R.C. Notes. Former § 5-26-301 has been renumbered as § 5-26-303.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1990–2005 · leading case: Bates v. Bates, 793 S.W.2d 788 (Ark. 1990).
Bates v. Bates, 793 S.W.2d 788 (Ark. 1990). “At law, a wife is entitled to protection from both actual physical abuse, Ark.Code Ann. §§ 5-26-301 to -304 (1987), and the risk or threat of such abuse, Ark.”
Wrenn v. State, 211 S.W.3d 582 (Ark. Ct. App. 2005). “However, based upon our review of the record and the law concerning the offense of first-degree domestic battery, we concluded that an argument addressing whether Wrenn was a “family or household member,” as contemplated by the sections of our criminal code dealing with domestic…”
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