Ark. Code Ann. § 5-52-107 (2026)

1. A person commits the offense of abuse of office if, being a public servant, or being a person elected, appointed, or otherwise designated to become a public servant although not yet occupying that position, and with the purpose of benefiting in a pecuniary fashion or obtaining a sexual favor for himself or herself or another person or of harming another person, the person knowingly:
   1. Commits an unauthorized act which purports to be an act of his or her office; or
   2. Omits to perform a duty imposed on him or her by law or clearly inherent in the nature of his or her office.
2. Abuse of office is a:
   1. Class B felony if the value of the benefit is twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) or more;
   2. Class C felony if the value of the benefit is five thousand dollars ($5,000) or more but less than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000);
   3. Class D felony if the value of the benefit is five hundred dollars ($500) or more but less than five thousand dollars ($5,000); or
   4. Class A misdemeanor if the value of the benefit is less than five hundred dollars ($500) or the value of the benefit cannot be determined.

History. Acts 1975, No. 280, § 2707; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-2707; Acts 2017, No. 431, § 2.

Amendments. The 2017 amendment, in (a), inserted “or being a person elected, appointed, or otherwise designated to become a public servant although not yet occupying that position” and “or obtaining a sexual favor for”; deleted “Class B misdemeanor” in the present introductory language of (b); and added (b)(1) through (b)(4).