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16-118-114. Civil action against a person who engages in a riot or disorderly conduct, or who obstructs or interferes with emergency medical services personnel or first responder.
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16-118-114. Civil action against a person who engages in a riot or disorderly conduct, or who obstructs or interferes with emergency medical services personnel or first responder.
(a) In addition to any other cause of action available to a person, a person who suffers injury to himself or herself or to his or her property as a direct or indirect result of:
(1) An act of obstructing or interfering with emergency medical personnel or a first responder, § 5-60-123, if the act of obstructing or interfering with emergency medical personnel or a first responder is a felony or Class A misdemeanor, may bring a civil action against a person who obstructed or interfered with the emergency medical personnel or first responder; or
(2) A riot or the activity of a rioter under § 5-71-201 et seq., may bring a civil action against the rioter or a person or entity that incites the riot.
(b) A court hearing a civil action under this section may award compensatory damages, punitive damages, costs, reasonable attorney's fees, and expenses to a plaintiff who prevails in the civil action.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-118-114
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16-118-114. Civil action against a person who engages in a riot or disorderly conduct, or who obstructs or interferes with emergency medical services personnel or first responder.
(a) In addition to any other cause of action available to a person, a person who suffers injury to himself or herself or to his or her property as a direct or indirect result of:
(1) An act of obstructing or interfering with emergency medical personnel or a first responder, § 5-60-123, if the act of obstructing or interfering with emergency medical personnel or a first responder is a felony or Class A misdemeanor, may bring a civil action against a person who obstructed or interfered with the emergency medical personnel or first responder; or
(2) A riot or the activity of a rioter under § 5-71-201 et seq., may bring a civil action against the rioter or a person or entity that incites the riot.
(b) A court hearing a civil action under this section may award compensatory damages, punitive damages, costs, reasonable attorney's fees, and expenses to a plaintiff who prevails in the civil action.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
5-60-123. Obstruction or interference with emergency medical personnel or first responder.
(a) As used in this section:
(1) “Emergency medical services personnel” includes without limitation a governmental, private, or volunteer:
(A) Emergency medical services personnel;
(B) Rescue technician; or
(C) Emergency medical care provider; and
(2) “First responder” means a firefighter or a law enforcement officer.
(b) A person who knowingly obstructs or interferes with emergency medical services personnel or a first responder in the performance of the emergency medical services personnel's or first responder's rescue mission upon conviction is guilty of:
(1) A Class A misdemeanor if the person uses or threatens to use physical force; or
(2) A Class C misdemeanor if otherwise committed.
(c) A person who purposely obstructs or interferes with emergency medical services personnel or a first responder in the performance of the emergency medical services personnel's or first responder's rescue mission upon conviction is guilty of a Class D felony.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 5-60-123
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
5-71-201. Riot.
(a) A person commits the offense of riot if, with two (2) or more other persons, he or she knowingly engages in tumultuous or violent conduct that creates a substantial risk of:
(1) Causing public alarm;
(2) Disrupting the performance of a governmental function; or
(3) Damaging or injuring property or a person.
(b) Riot is a Class A misdemeanor.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 5-71-201
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 5-71-201. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.