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5-53-102. Perjury generally.
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5-53-102. Perjury generally.
(a) A person commits perjury if in an official proceeding he or she knowingly:
(1) Makes a false material statement under an oath required or authorized by law;
(2) Applies for or submits an absentee ballot for a city, school district, county, state, or federal election knowing that he or she is unlawfully applying for or unlawfully submitting the absentee ballot; or
(3) Makes a false unsworn declaration under the Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act, § 16-2-201 et seq.
(b) Lack of knowledge of the materiality of the statement is not a defense to a charge of perjury under this section.
(c) Perjury is a Class C felony.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 5-53-102
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5-53-102. Perjury generally.
(a) A person commits perjury if in an official proceeding he or she knowingly:
(1) Makes a false material statement under an oath required or authorized by law;
(2) Applies for or submits an absentee ballot for a city, school district, county, state, or federal election knowing that he or she is unlawfully applying for or unlawfully submitting the absentee ballot; or
(3) Makes a false unsworn declaration under the Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act, § 16-2-201 et seq.
(b) Lack of knowledge of the materiality of the statement is not a defense to a charge of perjury under this section.
(c) Perjury is a Class C felony.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
16-2-201. Short title.
This subchapter may be cited as the Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-2-201
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 16-2-201. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.