Title 3, Alcoholic Beverages

(a) A person, other than a distiller, importer, rectifier, or wholesaler, may apply to the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division for a permit to sell and dispense vinous or spirituous liquors or hard cider for beverage purposes at retail. (b) The application shall b…

(a) A person other than a distiller, manufacturer, rectifier, or importer may apply to the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division for a permit to sell spirituous liquor, wine as defined in § 3-9-301(7), beer, hard cider, or malt liquors at wholesale. (b) The applicat…

(a) (1) A person other than a distiller, manufacturer, rectifier, or importer may apply to the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division for a minimum wholesale liquor permit that allows the person to sell spirituous liquors, wine as defined in § 3-9-301(7), hard cider,…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Small farm wine” means the wine produced by a wine-making business that produces two hundred fifty thousand gallons (250,000 gals.) of wine or less per year, the alcohol content of which is not less than one-half percent (0.5%) and not more than t…

(a) A new wholesaler permit under § 3-4-605 may be issued on or after July 1, 2026. (b) A new minimum wholesaler permit under § 3-4-607 may be issued on or after August 5, 2025.

(a) A corporation that is publicly traded on a nationally recognized stock exchange that has its principal place of business in Arkansas and is permitted to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises or off-premises consumption in Arkansas and other states may apply for a layout ce…

(a) A person may apply to the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division for a permit to manufacture, import, transport, store, and sell to a wholesaler, jobber, distributor, or retailer hard cider to be used and sold for beverage purposes as authorized under this sectio…

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Alcoholic beverage” means spirituous liquor, vinous liquor, small farm wine, light wine, malt liquor, and hard cider;(2) “Excursion boat” means a boat made available to the public through ticket sales for scheduled dates and times for operation ov…

(a) (1) In addition to all other existing alcoholic beverage permits authorized to be issued by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division for the retail sale of alcoholic beverages, there is hereby created a “post exchange package permit”, which shall authorize the sales of spiritu…

(a) The hours of lawful sales under the post exchange package permit shall be the same as those established for military service clubs pursuant to § 3-4-706. (b) All alcoholic beverages authorized to be sold under this title shall be purchased from wholesale distributors licensed…

(1) Sales of alcoholic beverages under the post exchange permit shall be limited to those persons over twenty-one (21) years of age who are:(1) Active or retired members of the Army National Guard and Air National Guard;(2) Active, retired, and reserve members of the United State…

The Alcoholic Beverage Control Division is authorized to adopt reasonable rules to carry out the intent and provisions of this subchapter, to establish appropriate application forms, permit forms, and procedures, and to do any and all other things necessary to implement the provi…

Any unauthorized sales pursuant to the permit created herein shall be subject to the same penalties as established for other off-premises retail permits pursuant to this title.

(a) In addition to the post exchange and other post operations authorized to be taken over by the militia pursuant to the provisions of this section, the Adjutant General of the Arkansas National Guard is given further authority to take over operation of all military service club…

(1) The legislative intent and purpose of this subchapter is to:(1) Eliminate the sale of alcoholic beverages to and consumption of alcoholic beverages by underage persons;(2) Reduce intoxication and to reduce accidents, injuries, and deaths in the state which are related to into…

(1) The following words or phrases or the plural of those words or phrases shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise:(1) “Board” means the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board of the State of Arkansas; and(2) “Permittee” mea…

(a) (1) The Alcoholic Beverage Control Board shall oversee a server training program designed to encourage permittees and their employees to treat the sale and service of alcoholic beverages in a responsible manner.(2) To that end, the board shall adopt rules which shall implemen…

(a) A permittee who seeks to qualify as a responsible permittee must provide to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board evidence of compliance with the requirements of this subchapter. Upon satisfactory proof that the permittee has complied with the requirements, the board shall cer…

(1) In order to qualify for certification, the permittee shall comply with the following requirements:(1) Attend a course of instruction approved and certified by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board which shall include subjects dealing with alcoholic beverages as follows:(A) Edu…

The Alcoholic Beverage Control Board shall consider certification of a permittee in the responsible permittee program in mitigation of administrative penalties or fines for a permittee's or employee's violation of state laws and rules relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages.

(a) There is imposed on each permittee who applies and is certified as a responsible permittee an annual fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00). (b) (1) All moneys collected under this subchapter shall be used to fund such server training programs as may be approved by the Alcoholic…

(1) As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Alcoholic beverages” means any alcoholic beverage which is sold at retail in Arkansas;(2) “Director” means the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division;(3) “Off-premise caterer” means an individ…

(a) There is hereby created an off-premise caterer's permit which may be issued by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division to qualified off-premise caterers as defined in this subchapter. (b) The annual fee for an off-premises caterer's permit shall be five hundred dollars ($500)…

(a) No off-premise caterer's permit shall be issued by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division until an applicant for the permit provides proof that it has obtained a sales tax permit from the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration and has received appro…

Gross receipts tax shall be collected and remitted by the off-premise caterer on the total fee charged for each catered event.

The Alcoholic Beverage Control Division is authorized to adopt reasonable rules implementing and facilitating the purpose and intent of this subchapter, to establish appropriate application forms, permit forms, and procedures, and to do any and all other things necessary to imple…