Title 3 — Alcoholic Beverages

Every person knowingly aiding or abetting any person, firm, or corporation in the violation of any section of this act shall be deemed a principal and punished as such.

(a) When a jail sentence is inflicted as part of the punishment, all persons convicted under this act shall serve out the sentence at hard labor. (b) All fines and costs assessed against any person under this act and not paid or replevied shall be served out by confinement at har…

(a) Upon a second or any subsequent conviction or bond forfeiture for any violation of any alcoholic beverage control law of this state pertaining to the control, regulation, and handling of spirituous, vinous, malt liquors or beverages, or any amendment to any existing law or an…

(a) Any person who unknowingly sells, gives away, or otherwise disposes of intoxicating liquor or a confectionary containing between five-tenths of one percent (0.5%) and five percent (5%) by volume of alcohol to a minor is guilty of a violation and shall be punished by a fine of…

(a) (1) (A) It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to give, procure, or otherwise furnish any alcoholic beverage or a confectionary containing between five-tenths of one percent (0.5%) and five percent (5%) alcohol by volume to any person under twenty-one (21) years of age…

(a) (1) It is unlawful for any person under twenty-one (21) years of age to purchase or have in his or her possession any intoxicating liquor, wine, or beer.(2) For the purposes of this section, intoxicating liquor, wine, or beer in the body of a person under twenty-one (21) year…

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) or subsection (c) of this section, it is unlawful for a wholesaler, retailer, or transporter of alcoholic beverages to allow an employee or any other person under twenty-one (21) years of age to have anything to do with the selling, transp…

(a) (1) Any person who shall sell, barter, exchange, or give any intoxicating alcoholic liquor without having a valid license as provided by this act, in addition to losing his or her license, shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.(2) Any person found guilty of a third or subs…

(a) Any manufacturer or jobber who shall sell or deliver intoxicating liquor within the state to a retailer who does not possess a valid license tax receipt, as provided for in this act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (b) (1) For the first offense, he or she shall be guilty of…

A.C.A. § 3-3-207Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

(a) Any person who, by himself, herself, his or her employee, servant, agent for himself or herself, or any other person, shall keep or carry on his or her person or in any vehicle or leave in a place for another to secure any intoxicating alcoholic liquor with the intent to sell…

Any person who shall sell, give away, or dispose of intoxicating liquor to an habitual drunkard or an intoxicated person shall be guilty of a violation and for the first offense be punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than two hundred fifty do…

(a) (1) A person who sells intoxicating alcoholic liquor on Sunday, except as such sales are authorized by §§ 3-9-215 and 3-9-216, and subdivision (a)(3) of this section, or between 1:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekdays is guilty of a violation and for the first offense shall be pu…

(a) It shall be unlawful to sell intoxicating liquors on Christmas Day. (b) Any person who shall sell intoxicating alcoholic liquors on Christmas Day shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.

(a) It shall be unlawful for a manufacturer to:(1) Be interested, directly or indirectly, in any premises where malt, vinous, or spirituous liquors are sold at retail or in any business devoted wholly or partially to the sale of such liquors at retail, by stock ownership, interlo…

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in the manufacture of alcoholic liquors:(1) To require any wholesaler or retailer to purchase from that manufacturer to the exclusion, in whole or in part, of any alcoholic liquors sold or offered for sale by other persons; or(2) To…

(a) It is unlawful for any person to sell, give away, or dispose of denatured alcohol for any beverage purposes whatsoever. (b) Any person who shall sell, give away, or dispose of denatured alcohol for any beverage purpose whatsoever shall be guilty of a violation and for the fir…

(a) Any person within this state who has had issued to him or her a current federal license to sell liquor or beer in Arkansas and who has not had issued a current state license to sell liquor or beer shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in any amou…

(a) As used in this section, “intoxicating liquor” means any beverage containing more than five-tenths percent (0.5%) of alcohol by weight. (b) It is unlawful for a person to buy, bargain, sell, loan, own, have in possession, or knowingly transport in this state an intoxicating l…

A.C.A. § 3-3-217Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

(a) It is the specifically declared policy of the General Assembly that all licenses issued to establishments for the sale or dispensing of alcoholic beverages are privilege licenses, and the holder of such privilege license is to be held to a high duty of care in the operation o…

(a) (1) A person who exercises control over private property shall not knowingly allow a person under twenty-one (21) years of age who is not a family member of the person to consume alcohol on the private property.(2) This subsection applies only to a person who is present and i…

As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, association, firm, or other business entity, or its agents or representatives.

(a) Unless a different penalty is specifically provided, any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this subchapter shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (b) In addition to all other fines and penalties herein provided, the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Contro…

The Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division shall promulgate all rules necessary to enforce and administer this subchapter.

(a) (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to either directly or indirectly procure or purchase for another in any district or territory where they are prohibited by law:(A) Any alcohol or spirituous, ardent, vinous, malt, or fermented liquors;(B) Any compound or preparation the…

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation in this state in person, by letter, circular, or other printed matter, or in any other manner, to solicit or take orders in this state for any alcoholic, vinous, malt, spirituous, or fermented liquors or any compound o…

(a) All spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors or beverages found in the possession of any person violating this or any other alcoholic beverage control law of this state are declared to be contraband and shall be seized and forfeited. (b) Alcoholic or malt beverages subject to conf…

(a) All spirituous, vinous, or malt beverages found in the possession of any person in violation of the laws as provided in this subchapter shall be seized and immediately turned over to the mayor if seized within the city limits of a municipality by a law enforcement officer of …

(a) Any person claiming any interest in any alcoholic beverages seized under this subchapter may present a written petition. This may be done at any time within thirty (30) days from the date of seizure of the alcoholic beverages. The petition shall be presented to the municipal …

(a) Immediately upon the expiration of thirty (30) days from the date of the first notice provided in § 3-3-312, the mayor or the county judge, as the case may be, shall immediately notify licensed liquor wholesalers and retailers in the county, or, if the county is dry, then the…

Any person who shall seize or confiscate any spirituous, vinous, or malt beverages under the provisions of §§ 3-3-311 and 3-3-312 and who shall not immediately turn over the spirituous, vinous, or malt beverages as required by § 3-3-312 to the mayor or the county judge, as the ca…

(a) As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “illicit still” means an apparatus designed for the unlawful manufacture of intoxicating liquor, which shall include an outfit or parts of an outfit commonly used, or intended to be used, in the distillation o…

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person, including any corporation or legal entity:(1) To own, possess, or knowingly transport any illicit still, still worm, or any apparatus or any substantial part of any illicit still designed for the unlawful manufacture of spirituous, vinous,…

(a) All vehicles or vessels used in the transportation or storage of any illicitly distilled spirituous, vinous, or malt liquor or any illicit still, still worm, or other apparatus designed for the unlawful manufacture of spirituous, vinous, or malt liquor shall be seized and for…

(a) The court, upon conviction of any defendant for illegal manufacture or sale or gift of intoxicating alcoholic liquors, shall order the destruction of any illicit stills or apparatus designed for the manufacture of intoxicating liquor belonging to or under the control of the d…

In any prosecution or proceeding for any violation of this act, the general reputation of the defendant for moonshining, bootlegging, or being engaged in the illicit manufacture of or trade in intoxicating liquors shall be admissible in evidence against the defendant.