Arkansas § 5-72-110 - Driving on levees — Destruction of barricades.

Full text of Arkansas Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated § 5-72-110 — Driving on levees — Destruction of barricades., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 5-72-110. Driving on levees — Destruction of barricades.

If any public levee or any private levee is constructed and maintained for the purpose of protection against overflow, any person who drives any vehicle or rides on the levee without the consent of the owner, using the levee as a road bed, or who cuts, tears down, destroys, or injures a barricade, fence, or other construction erected or built for the protection of the levee, is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. The provisions of this section do not apply to an instance in which: A road has been laid out by a lawful authority upon a levee that has ceased to be of any practical use to the county in the rear of the levee; or A lawful authority has established a crossing over the levee.

Source: official Arkansas text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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What does Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated § 5-72-110 cover?

Section 5-72-110 ("Driving on levees — Destruction of barricades.") is part of the Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Arkansas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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