Arkansas Code Annotated
Ark. Code Ann. § 5-62-101 (2026)
[Repealed.]
✓ current as of May 2026
Publisher's Notes. This section, concerning cruelty to animals, was repealed by Acts 2009, No. 33, § 2. The section was derived from Acts 1975, No. 280, § 2918; 1983, No. 285, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-2918; Acts 2001, No. 1826, § 1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4
cases, 1988–2008 · leading case: State v. Crawford, 281 S.W.3d 736 (Ark. 2008).
State v. Crawford, 281 S.W.3d 736 (Ark. 2008). “2005) and 163 misdemeanor counts of cruelty to animals in violation of Ark. Code Ann. § 5-62-101 (Repl. 2005). On August 25, 2005, the circuit court accepted a negotiated plea agreement where Crawford pled guilty to the misdemeanor charges, and the State nolprossed the felony…”
United States v. Stevens, 533 F.3d 218 (3rd Cir. 2008). “§ 13-2910 (2002); Ark.Code Ann. § 5-62-101 (2001); Cal.Penal Code § 597 (1998); Colo.”
Norton v. State, 820 S.W.2d 272 (Ark. 1991). “We note that Ark. Code Ann. § 5-62-101 (a) (3) (1987) provides that one may be found guilty of cruelty to animals if one “[sjubjects any animals in this custody to cruel neglect.”
Ford v. City of Hot Springs, 743 S.W.2d 394 (Ark. 1988). “The legislature has enacted a law on cruelty to animals, Ark. Code Ann. § 5-62-101 [Ark. Stat. Ann.”
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