Enforcement — Penalties. [Effective if contingency in Acts 2025, No. 934, § 23, is met.]

Ark. Code Ann. § 20-56-512 — under General Provisions.

Ark. Code Ann. § 20-56-512

(a) It is the duty of all state, county, and city officials to assist the Arkansas Tobacco Control Board in enforcing this subchapter.

(b) A person within the jurisdiction of this state who is not permitted to sell consumable hemp products to retailers or consumers and who sells, takes orders from, delivers, or causes to be delivered immediately or in the future any consumable hemp product to retailers or consumers in this state upon conviction is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(c) A person engaged in buying or selling consumable hemp products in this state without first obtaining the proper permit upon conviction is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(d) This subchapter does not prohibit the interstate transportation or shipment through this state of the plant Cannabis sativa L., and any part of that plant, including the seeds thereof and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, with a total delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than three-tenths of one percent (0.3%) on a dry-weight basis, from one licensed hemp producer in another state to a licensed hemp handler in another state.