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AR Code § 3-2-404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - Administration and Enforcement|Subchapter 4 - Distribution|§ 3-2-404. Request to change wholesalers — Contents of application

 Any distiller, manufacturer, importer, or producer desiring to change wholesalers with respect to any brand shall file with the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division a wholesaler change request containing the following information as applicable:   (1) The name of each brand involved;  (2) The case volume in Arkansas for each brand for the current year or portion thereof and the two (2) previous calendar years;  (3) The name of the wholesaler currently distributing such brand;  (4) The name of the proposed new wholesaler; and  (5)  (A) A detailed explanation of the specific business reasons for the request to change wholesalers.  (B) Business reasons which may be considered by the director in determining good cause for authorizing a change of wholesalers will include:  (i) A wholesaler's bankruptcy or serious financial instability, including its consistent failure to pay its debts as they fall due or its failure to meet or maintain any objective standards of capitalization expressly agreed to between the wholesaler and the distiller, manufacturer, importer, or producer, provided such standards are determined by the director to be commercially reasonable;  (ii) A wholesaler's repeated violations of any provision of federal or state law, rule, or regulation, whether or not such violations resulted in official action;  (iii) A wholesaler's failure to maintain reasonable sales volume of the brand, taking into consideration such factors as the extent of the distiller's, manufacturer's, importer's, or producer's advertising and promotion of the particular brand, prevailing economic conditions affecting sales generally, or the extent of the wholesaler's efforts, or lack thereof, to promote a particular brand; and  (iv) Any other factors relevant to such proposed change and which aid the director in determining good cause.
AR Code § 3-2-406 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - Administration and Enforcement|Subchapter 4 - Distribution|§ 3-2-406. Request to change wholesalers — Hearing — Time — Findings — Appeal

 (a) Any hearing held by the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division pursuant to the provisions of § 3-2-405 shall be held within thirty (30) days after the receipt of any notice of objection to a wholesaler change request.  (b) The findings of the director made after such hearing shall be presented to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board at its next regularly scheduled meeting.  (c) Any aggrieved party may appeal the decision of the director to the full board to be heard de novo and any such appeal hearing will be scheduled and held pursuant to hearing procedures established for the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division by state law and division rules.
AR Code § 3-2-407 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - Administration and Enforcement|Subchapter 4 - Distribution|§ 3-2-407. Request to change wholesalers — Automatic approval

 If no objection is filed to the wholesaler change request as provided in § 3-2-406, the proposed changes shall stand automatically approved by the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division at the expiration of such fifteen-day period, conditioned upon the manufacturer's or importer's repurchasing all inventory of the subject brand from the previously designated wholesaler at such wholesaler's laid-in cost.
AR Code § 3-2-408 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - Administration and Enforcement|Subchapter 4 - Distribution|§ 3-2-408. Acquisition of right to sell, ship, or distribute label

 Any distiller, manufacturer, importer, or producer who obtains or acquires in any manner the right to sell, ship, or distribute any label shall for the purpose of this subchapter stand in place of and be subject to all rights, privileges, and duties and obligations of its predecessor or its predecessors from whom such brands or labels were obtained or acquired.
AR Code § 3-2-409 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - Administration and Enforcement|Subchapter 4 - Distribution|§ 3-2-409. Beer, malt products, or light wine

 (a) Every manufacturer or importer of beer or other malt products or light wine doing business in the State of Arkansas shall submit to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division one (1) label for each brand of beer or malt product or light wine to be shipped for the first time into or within the state and shall designate within the application for registration any number of wholesalers in the state, each of whom shall be the exclusive distributor of such brand within the geographical territory assigned by the manufacturer or importer to such wholesaler.  (b) Transfers of brands of malt products or light wine or changes in geographical distribution areas assigned shall not be subject to the provisions set out above for spirituous or vinous products so long as any such manufacturer or importer has complied with the filing provisions of applicable law.
AR Code § 3-2-410 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - Administration and Enforcement|Subchapter 4 - Distribution|§ 3-2-410. Terms and conditions of agreements with wholesaler binding on successor

 A successor to a distiller, manufacturer, importer, producer, winery, or brewer of beer, malt liquor, light wine, wine, or liquor that continues in business as a distiller, manufacturer, importer, producer, winery, or brewery or that continues to operate under the names of any product acquired by said distiller, manufacturer, importer, producer, winery, or brewer shall be bound by all terms and conditions of any agreements with any Arkansas wholesaler, whether oral or written, of the distiller, manufacturer, importer, producer, winery, or brewery which are in effect on the date of succession.
AR Code § 3-2-411 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - Administration and Enforcement|Subchapter 4 - Distribution|§ 3-2-411. Subchapter incorporated into division approvals — Applicability — Waiver

 (a) The terms, conditions, and requirements of this subchapter are hereby expressly made a part of the terms of and as conditions to the approval granted by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division to distillers, manufacturers, importers, or producers to do business in the state and by the application for, the acceptance of, or the conduct of business under any such approval, a distiller, manufacturer, importer, or producer consents and agrees to comply with the terms, conditions, and requirements of this subchapter.  (b) This subchapter does not apply to manufacturers or wholesalers of small farm winery wines. For the purpose of this section, “small farm winery” has the same meaning as defined by § 3-5-1601.  (c) No right, duty, or other provision set out in this subchapter may be waived by any agreement or contract between any wholesaler and supplier regardless of whether any such waiver agreement was made prior to or after July 15, 1991.
AR Code § 3-2-412 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - Administration and Enforcement|Subchapter 4 - Distribution|§ 3-2-412. Dual distributorship prohibited — Definition

 (a)  (1) The creation of a dual distributorship is prohibited.  (2) An unlawful dual distributorship is created whenever any manufacturer designates as its distributor more than one (1) Arkansas liquor wholesaler in the state or wholesale beer permit holder to distribute the same brand of alcoholic beverage in the same geographical territory, whether a city, a county, counties, or the state.    (b) In addition to any remedies to any aggrieved party authorized by law, the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division may withdraw approval of any and all brands registered by any manufacturer found to be in violation of this subchapter, such findings to be made after a hearing pursuant to hearing procedures established for the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division by state law and administrative rules.  (c)  (1) For the purposes of this subchapter, a “brand” means the same product or substantially the same product as evidenced by the product label that must be filed with the division.  (2) Identical or substantially identical labels will be considered and treated as the same brand.
AR Code § 3-2-413 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 2 - Administration and Enforcement|Subchapter 4 - Distribution|§ 3-2-413. Labels for confectionaries containing nonliquid alcohol

 A confectionary containing between five-tenths of one percent (0.5%) and five percent (5%) by volume of alcohol shall bear a label stating: “This product contains up to 5% alcohol by volume”.
AR Code § 3-3-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3 - Prohibited Practices|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 3-3-101. Accessories guilty as principals

 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.
AR Code § 3-3-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3 - Prohibited Practices|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 3-3-102. Sentences and fines

 (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 hard labor at the rate of one (1) day for each one dollar ($1.00) of the fine and costs.
AR Code § 3-3-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3 - Prohibited Practices|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 3-3-103. Multiple offenses — Bonds for good behavior

 (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 any new law on the same subject hereafter enacted, it shall be the duty of the court convicting the person for a second time, or forfeiting a bond for a second time, or forfeiting a bond or convicting a person after a previous conviction or bond forfeiture for such an offense, to require the defendant to execute bond in the sum of two hundred dollars ($200), after a hearing thereon, to be of good behavior for a period of twelve (12) months insofar as the laws of the State of Arkansas on spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors or beverages affect the defendant.  (b) Should any person violate the provisions of the bond, the bond, after a hearing thereon, shall be forfeited. The person shall be, for all subsequent violations of the liquor laws or bond forfeitures, placed under a five hundred dollar ($500) bond of the same provisions, to ensure good behavior from the violation of the liquor laws.  (c) If the bonds provided in this section are not given by the defendant, the defendant shall be committed to the county jail for a period not less than thirty (30) days nor more than six (6) months, to be fixed by the court.  (d) The order of the court requiring the execution of a bond as provided in this section shall be for the preservation of the laws and shall not be considered a part of the punishment inflicted, but as a security against future violations of the provisions of all alcoholic beverage control laws.
AR Code § 3-3-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3 - Prohibited Practices|Subchapter 2 - Particular Practices Prohibited|§ 3-3-201. Unknowingly furnishing or selling to minor

 (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 not less than two hundred dollars ($200) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) for the first offense.  (b) For the second and subsequent offenses, he or she shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
AR Code § 3-3-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3 - Prohibited Practices|Subchapter 2 - Particular Practices Prohibited|§ 3-3-202. Knowingly furnishing or selling to minor

 (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.  (B) However, this subsection does not apply to the serving of an alcoholic beverage to the person's family or to the use of wine or beer in any religious ceremony or rite in any established church or religion.    (2)  (A) Upon a first conviction, any person violating this subsection shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.  (B) Upon a second conviction within three (3) years, a person violating this section shall be guilty of a Class D felony.      (b)  (1) It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to sell or otherwise furnish for money or other valuable consideration any alcoholic beverage to any person under twenty-one (21) years of age.  (2)  (A) Upon a first conviction, any person violating this subsection shall be guilty of a Class D felony and shall be punished as provided by law.  (B) Upon a second conviction within five (5) years, a person violating this section shall be deemed guilty of a Class C felony and may be imprisoned or fined, or both as provided by law.      (c)  (1) A warning notice that includes the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be posted in public view in each place of business where alcoholic beverages are sold.  (2) The warning notice shall be posted in a manner prescribed by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board.
AR Code § 3-3-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3 - Prohibited Practices|Subchapter 2 - Particular Practices Prohibited|§ 3-3-204. Handling by minor

 (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, transporting, or handling of an alcoholic beverage.  (b) With the written consent of a parent or guardian, a person eighteen (18) years of age and older may:  (1) Sell or otherwise handle beer and wine at retail grocery establishments; or  (2) Be employed by a licensed liquor wholesaler or licensed beer wholesaler or by a licensed native winery to handle alcoholic beverages at the place of business of the licensed wholesaler or winery.    (c) A person nineteen (19) years of age and older may sell and handle alcoholic beverages at a restaurant, private club, hotel, or motel that is licensed for on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages under this chapter.  (d)  (1) A person who violates this section is guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be fined not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).  (2) The violation shall be grounds for suspension, cancellation, or revocation by the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division of any permit issued to the person by the director.
AR Code § 3-3-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3 - Prohibited Practices|Subchapter 2 - Particular Practices Prohibited|§ 3-3-205. Sale or possession without license

 (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 subsequent violation of this subsection within a period of three (3) years shall be guilty of a Class D felony.    (b) Any person who has in his or her possession intoxicating alcoholic liquor not obtained under and in conformity with the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.  (c) This penalty shall apply whether the intoxicating liquor is for the use of the person illegally possessing it or for the use and benefit of another.  (d) Each act in violation of this section shall constitute a separate misdemeanor.  (e) Nothing contained in this section shall relieve any licensee from forfeiture of his or her license.
AR Code § 3-3-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3 - Prohibited Practices|Subchapter 2 - Particular Practices Prohibited|§ 3-3-206. Sale or delivery to retailer without valid license tax receipt

 (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 Class B misdemeanor.  (2) Any person found guilty a second time shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
AR Code § 3-3-208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3 - Prohibited Practices|Subchapter 2 - Particular Practices Prohibited|§ 3-3-208. Possession or procuring orders

 (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 the liquor in violation of this act or who shall within this state in any manner, directly or indirectly, solicit, take, or accept any order for the purchase, sale, shipment, or delivery of intoxicating liquor for beverage purposes in violation of the requirements of this act shall be guilty of a violation.  (b)  (1) He or she shall be fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) for the first offense.  (2) For the second and subsequent offenses, he or she shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.    (c) The penalties prescribed herein shall be in addition to any other penalty prescribed by law.
AR Code § 3-3-209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3 - Prohibited Practices|Subchapter 2 - Particular Practices Prohibited|§ 3-3-209. Furnishing to alcoholics or intoxicated persons

 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 dollars ($250). For the second and subsequent offenses, he or she shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. The penalties prescribed in this section shall be in addition to any other penalty prescribed by law.
AR Code § 3-3-211 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3 - Prohibited Practices|Subchapter 2 - Particular Practices Prohibited|§ 3-3-211. Sales on Christmas Day

 (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.
AR Code § 3-3-212 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3 - Prohibited Practices|Subchapter 2 - Particular Practices Prohibited|§ 3-3-212. Manufacturer-seller relationships generally

 (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, interlocking directors, mortgage or lien on any personal or real property, or any other means; or  (2) Make any loan to any owner.    (b)  (1) Any lien, mortgage, or other interest or estate, however, now held by a manufacturer on or in the personal or real property of any owner, which mortgage, lien, interest, or estate was acquired on or before December 31, 1933, shall not be included within the provisions of this section.  (2) The burden of establishing the time of the accrual of the interest, comprehended by subdivision (b)(1) of this section, shall be upon the person who claims to be entitled to the protection and exemption afforded by this section.    (c) Subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall not apply to an agreement or arrangement by:  (1) A manufacturer or wholesaler to pay for the display or other presentation of advertising and promotional material on or about the premises of the holder of a franchise granted by the Arkansas Racing Commission; or  (2) A manufacturer providing sponsorship of or payment for the display or other presentation of advertising and promotional material on or about the premises of a large attendance facility, as defined by § 3-9-202(16), owned by a qualifying charitable nonprofit organization that has received tax-exempt status under 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3), as in effect on January 1, 2019.
AR Code § 3-3-213 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 3 - Prohibited Practices|Subchapter 2 - Particular Practices Prohibited|§ 3-3-213. Manufacturer-seller relationships — Exclusivity agreements — Definitions

 (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 induce any retailer to purchase from that manufacturer or wholesaler to the exclusion, in whole or in part, of any alcoholic liquors sold or offered for sale by other persons, by:  (A) Acquiring any interest in property owned, occupied, or used by the retailer in his or her business, or in any license with respect to the premises of the retailer;  (B) Furnishing, giving, renting, lending, or selling to the retailer any equipment, fixtures, signs, supplies, money, service, or other thing of value, subject to exceptions provided by the rules of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and established trade customs;  (C) Paying or crediting the retailer for any advertising, display, or distribution service;  (D) Guaranteeing any loan or the repayment of any financial obligation of the retailer; or  (E) Offering or giving any bonus, premium, or compensation to the retailer or any of his or her officers, employees, or representatives.      (b) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:  (1) “Person” includes any and all corporations, partnerships, associations, or individuals and all agents, representatives, or employees of such persons; and  (2) “Manufacturer” means, unless otherwise specified, any person engaged in the business of distilling, brewing, making, blending, rectifying, or producing for sale in wholesale quantities alcoholic liquors of any kind, including whiskey, brandy, cordials, liquors, and other liquids containing alcohol, except patent medicines, beer, and wine.