# Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-303: Actions constituting forcible entry and detainer

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## Section

- **Citation:** Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-303
- **Heading:** Actions constituting forcible entry and detainer
- **Jurisdiction:** Arkansas
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** AR Code / Title 18 / Chapter 60 / Subchapter 3 / Section 18-60-303

## Text

A person shall be guilty of a forcible entry and detainer within the meaning of this subchapter if the person shall: (1) Enter into or upon any lands, tenements, or other possessions and detain or hold them without right or claim to title; (2) Enter by breaking open the doors and windows or other parts of the house, whether any person is in it or not; (3) Threaten to kill, maim, or beat the party in possession or use words and actions as have a natural tendency to excite fear or apprehension of danger; (4) Put out of doors or carry away the goods of the party in possession; or (5) Enter peaceably and then turning out by force or frightening by threats or other circumstances of terror the party to yield possession. Acts 1981, No. 615, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 34-1503.

A person shall be guilty of a forcible entry and detainer within the meaning of this subchapter if the person shall:

(1) Enter into or upon any lands, tenements, or other possessions and detain or hold them without right or claim to title;

(2) Enter by breaking open the doors and windows or other parts of the house, whether any person is in it or not;

(3) Threaten to kill, maim, or beat the party in possession or use words and actions as have a natural tendency to excite fear or apprehension of danger;

(4) Put out of doors or carry away the goods of the party in possession; or

(5) Enter peaceably and then turning out by force or frightening by threats or other circumstances of terror the party to yield possession.

Acts 1981, No. 615, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 34-1503.

## Nearby sections

- [Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-301 Legislative intent](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T18_C60_S3_S18-60-301.md)
- [Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-302 Improper entry prohibited](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T18_C60_S3_S18-60-302.md)
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- [Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-304 Actions constituting unlawful detainer](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T18_C60_S3_S18-60-304.md)
- [Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-305 Applicability to all estates](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T18_C60_S3_S18-60-305.md)
- [Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-306 Jurisdiction - Definition](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T18_C60_S3_S18-60-306.md)
- [Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-307 Proceedings in court](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T18_C60_S3_S18-60-307.md)
- [Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-308 Title to premises not adjudicated](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T18_C60_S3_S18-60-308.md)
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- [Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-310 Execution of writ of possession](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T18_C60_S3_S18-60-310.md)
- [Ark. Code Ann. § 18-60-311 Judgment for defendant](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T18_C60_S3_S18-60-311.md)
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