(a) Any person who cuts, destroys, or removes any timber standing on any of the swamp and overflowed lands granted by the United States Congress to this state is subject to indictment and upon conviction is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
(b) Additionally, restitution is set at the full value of the timber cut, destroyed, or carried away.
Structure Arkansas Code
Subtitle 6 - Offenses Against Public Health, Safety, or Welfare
Chapter 72 - Water and Watercourses
§ 5-72-102. Removal of trees growing on navigable rivers or streams
§ 5-72-103. Cutting timber on swamp and overflowed lands
§ 5-72-104. Leaving timber in navigable stream, drainage ditch, or stream bed
§ 5-72-105. Obstruction of drains by timber or material — Floating logs or boom
§ 5-72-106. Obstructing natural drains
§ 5-72-107. Keeping dams sufficiently open
§ 5-72-108. Injuring or destroying bridges, dams, levees, or embankments