(a) A person commits the offense of defacing objects of public respect if he or she purposely:
(1) Defaces, mars, or otherwise damages any public monument;
(2) Defaces, mars, or otherwise damages a work of art on display in any public place;
(3) Defaces, mars, desecrates, or otherwise damages any place of worship, cemetery, or burial monument; or
(4) Removes a broken or unbroken, commercial or rock, grave marker for any reason except for cleaning or repair by a family member, caretaker, or preservation organization.
(b)
(1)
(A) Except as provided in subdivision (b)(1)(B) of this section, defacing objects of public respect is a Class A misdemeanor if the value of repairing or replacing the damaged object does not exceed five hundred dollars ($500).
(B) Defacing objects of public respect is a Class D felony if the value of repairing or replacing the damaged object does not exceed five hundred dollars ($500) and if the object that is defaced, marred, desecrated, or otherwise damaged is a cemetery or burial monument.
(2)
(A) Except as provided in subdivision (b)(2)(B) of this section, defacing objects of public respect is a Class D felony if the value of repairing or replacing the damaged object exceeds five hundred dollars ($500), but does not exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).
(B) Defacing objects of public respect is a Class C felony if the value of repairing or replacing the damaged object exceeds five hundred dollars ($500) but does not exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) and if the object that is defaced, marred, desecrated, or otherwise damaged is a cemetery or burial monument.
(3)
(A) Except as provided in subdivision (b)(3)(B) of this section, defacing objects of public respect is a Class C felony if the value of repairing or replacing the damaged object exceeds two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).
(B) Defacing objects of public respect is a Class B felony if the value of repairing or replacing the damaged object exceeds two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) and if the object that is defaced, marred, desecrated, or otherwise damaged is a cemetery or burial monument.
Structure Arkansas Code
Subtitle 6 - Offenses Against Public Health, Safety, or Welfare
Chapter 71 - Riots, Disorderly Conduct, Etc.
Subchapter 2 - Offenses Generally
§ 5-71-206. Failure to disperse
§ 5-71-207. Disorderly conduct
§ 5-71-209. Harassing communications
§ 5-71-210. Communicating a false alarm
§ 5-71-211. Threatening a fire or bombing
§ 5-71-212. Public intoxication — Drinking in public
§ 5-71-214. Obstructing a highway or other public passage
§ 5-71-215. Defacing objects of public respect
§ 5-71-218. Possession of open container containing alcohol in a motor vehicle
§ 5-71-226. Disruption of campus activities
§ 5-71-228. Obstruction of shooting, hunting, fishing, or trapping activities
§ 5-71-230. Violation of the protection of peace for mourning at a funeral