(a) A criminal act committed on real property by a third party is not foreseeable in any circumstance by a person having an interest in the real property, including without limitation:
(1) An owner;
(2) A landlord;
(3) A tenant; or
(4) A lienholder.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a person having an interest in real property shall not be liable to a licensee, invitee, trespasser, employee, agent, or any other person for the unforeseeable criminal acts of a third party committed on his or her real property.
(c) This section does not:
(1) Establish or repeal the doctrine of infra hospitium, which means in the care or custody of the innkeeper, or change the liability of an innkeeper or the operator of a public lodging; and
(2) Expand or reduce the obligation or liabilities of an employer or principal for criminal acts committed under the doctrine of respondeat superior, which makes the principal liable to a third party for any loss caused by the principal's agent.
Structure Arkansas Code
Chapter 11 - Real Property Interests Generally
Subchapter 1 - Ownership and Possession
§ 18-11-101. Capacity of aliens to take and transfer lands
§ 18-11-102. Payment of taxes on unimproved or unenclosed land deemed possession
§ 18-11-103. Payment of taxes on wild and unimproved land — Presumption of color of title
§ 18-11-104. Right of possession not impaired by descent cast
§ 18-11-105. Surface rights of cotenants or tenants-in-common — Waiver
§ 18-11-106. Adverse possession
§ 18-11-107. Required disclosure by closing agent — Definitions