Statutes | A.S.C.A. ยง 46.3802 | 2018

(a) A person commits the crime of incest if he marries or purports to marry or engages in sexual intercourse or deviate sexual intercourse with a person he knows to be:

 

(1) his ancestor or descendant by blood or adoption;

 

(2) his stepchild or stepparent, while the marriage creating that relationship exists and while the stepchild is 18 years of age or less;

 

(3) his brother or sister of the whole or half-blood; or

 

(4) his uncle, aunt, nephew, or niece of the whole blood.

 

(b) For purposes of this section:

 

(1) "Sexual intercourse" has the meaning specified in subsection (c) of 46.2001.

 

(2) "Deviate sexual intercourse" has the meaning specified in subsection (a) of 46.3601.

 

(3) Incest is a class D felony.