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AR Code § 3-4-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 4 - Alcoholic Beverages Generally — Permits|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 3-4-103. Fiduciaries — Continuation of permitted business

 (a) If a corporation or copartnership holding a permit under this act shall be dissolved, or if a receiver or assignee for the benefit of creditors is appointed therefor, or if a receiver or assignee for the benefit of creditors or a committee of the property of an individual holding a permit is appointed during the time for which the permit was granted, or if a person holding a permit dies during the term for which the permit was given, then the corporation, copartnership, receiver, or assignee, or the administrator or executor of the estate of the individual, or a committee of the property of a person adjudged to be incompetent may continue to carry on the business upon the premises for a period not to exceed twenty-four (24) months from such date of dissolution or appointment or death. The successors in interest shall be allowed to renew the permit as if the original permittee were still in place and the said successor in interest may operate the said business with the same right and subject to the same restrictions and liabilities as if he or she had been the original applicant for and the original holder of the permit, provided the approval of the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division shall be first obtained.  (b) Before continuing the business, the receiver, assignee, individual, or committee shall file a statement setting forth in such form and substance as the director may prescribe by rule the facts and circumstances by which they have succeeded to the rights of the original permittee.  (c) The director may, in his or her discretion, permit the continuance of the business or may refuse to do so.  (d) In the event that the director determines to permit the continuance of the business, the permit shall be submitted to the director, and shall have written or stamped across the face of the permit, and signed by the director, the following words:  (e) For each endorsement, a fee of five dollars ($5.00) shall be paid to the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration by the applicant, which shall be paid into the same fund as other permit fees herein provided.    “(Here insert the name of the person) is permitted to manufacture or sell (as the case may be) malt, vinous, or spirituous liquors, as (here insert the representative capacity, whether as assignee, receiver, executor, administrator, or otherwise) of the original permittee for the unexpired term.”
AR Code § 3-4-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 4 - Alcoholic Beverages Generally — Permits|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 3-4-104. Sale by fiduciaries or insurers

 (a) Any person, including an individual, partnership, association, or corporation, not otherwise a licensed dealer in alcoholic beverages, lawfully coming into possession of any alcoholic beverages as executor, administrator, trustee, or other fiduciary, as surety for or in payment of a debt, or as an insurer or its transferees or assigns for the salvage or liquidation of an insured casualty or damage or loss, may sell the beverages in one (1) lot or parcel to a duly licensed wholesale or retail dealer without qualifying as a dealer.  (b) However, immediately after taking possession of the alcoholic beverages, the person shall register with the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division and furnish a detailed list of the alcoholic beverages and post with the division a bond, in an amount the division deems sufficient to protect the state from any taxes due on the alcoholic beverages.  (c) The person shall pay to the division a registration fee of ten dollars ($10.00), which fee shall permit the sale of only the alcoholic beverages detailed in the registration request.  (d) The fee shall be deposited to the credit of the general revenue of the State of Arkansas.  (e) Whenever any beer is to be sold pursuant to this section, which shall have been involved in a fire, wreck, or similar casualty, then each bottle, can, or container of beer shall be labeled or otherwise identified, under the supervision of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board or its successor, as distress merchandise salvaged from a fire, wreck, or similar casualty.
AR Code § 3-4-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 4 - Alcoholic Beverages Generally — Permits|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 3-4-105. Temporary permits

 (a)  (1) The Alcoholic Beverage Control Division may issue a temporary permit for the sale of alcoholic beverages within categories set out in subsection (b) of this section at a function sponsored by or for the benefit of a nonprofit organization or charitable organization.  (2) A temporary permit issued under this subsection may be issued for a period of time not to exceed five (5) consecutive days.  (3) An application for a temporary permit issued under this subsection shall meet the requirements as established by the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division and set out in the application.    (b)  (1) The categories and application fees for temporary permits issued under subsection (a) of this section are as follows:  (A) Temporary beer permit — Fifty dollars ($50.00) for each event for a temporary permit allowing the sale of beer;  (B) Temporary wine permit — Fifty dollars ($50.00) for each event for a temporary permit allowing the sale of wine;  (C) Temporary spirit permit — Fifty dollars ($50.00) for each event for a temporary permit allowing the sale of spirituous alcoholic beverages; and  (D) Temporary hard cider permit — Fifty dollars ($50.00) for each event for a temporary permit allowing the sale of hard cider.    (2) A temporary permit issued under subsection (a) of this section is only for on-premises consumption at the event specified in the temporary permit.    (c) An applicant may apply for one (1) or more of the temporary permits authorized in subsection (a) of this section for an event.
AR Code § 3-4-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 4 - Alcoholic Beverages Generally — Permits|Subchapter 2 - Issuance and Terms|§ 3-4-202. City and county licenses and taxes

 (a) The Alcoholic Beverage Control Board in exercising its discretionary power shall give due regard to the ordinances and regulations of the counties and municipalities of this state.  (b) All municipal corporations may license and tax the manufacture and sale of vinous (except wines), spirituous, or malt liquors by the permittees so authorized by the board. However, the municipal license fee shall not exceed an amount equal to one-half (½) of the license fee collected by the board for the State of Arkansas.  (c) Nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent the county court from licensing the sale and manufacture of vinous (except wines), spirituous, or malt liquors by the permittees so authorized by the board, provided that the premises permitted are located outside the limits of a municipal corporation but within the county in which the county court is located. However, the license fee collected by the county court shall not exceed the amount equal to one-half (½) of the license fee collected by the board for the State of Arkansas.  (d) No county license fee shall be collected from any permittee where the premises permitted are located within the limits of a municipal corporation.  (e) No permittee shall be required to pay both a city and a county license fee for the same premises permitted by the board.  (f) Nothing in this act shall be construed to prevent the prohibition of the manufacture and sale by means of local option elections as authorized by law.  (g)  (1) The city clerk or county clerk charged with the duty of collecting the license fee shall notify the board of the identity of retailers failing to comply with the provisions of this section.  (2) The board shall then notify wholesale dealers to discontinue sales to the delinquent retailers.  (3) When the license fee is paid, the appropriate clerk shall notify the board that the retailer has paid the fee.  (4) The board shall notify wholesalers to resume sales to the retailers.  (5) Any wholesaler who continues to sell to a retailer after notification from the board to discontinue the sales shall be subject, upon conviction, to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).    (h) The provisions of this section shall apply only to applications for permits to dispense vinous (except wines), spirituous, or malt liquor filed with the board after July 4, 1983.
AR Code § 3-4-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 4 - Alcoholic Beverages Generally — Permits|Subchapter 2 - Issuance and Terms|§ 3-4-205. Interest in other permits prohibited — Exceptions

 (a) For purposes of this section, the term “vested permits” is defined as those multiple retail liquor permits which were lawfully issued to any person, firm, or corporation prior to July 19, 1971.  (b)  (1)  (A) No retail liquor permit shall be issued, either as a new permit or as a replacement of an existing permit, to any person, firm, or corporation if the person, firm, or corporation has any interest in another retail liquor permit, regardless of the degree of interest.  (B) A retail liquor permit shall apply only to one (1) location, and a person, firm, or corporation shall not be permitted to receive any direct or indirect financial benefit from the sale of liquor at any location other than the permitted location.    (2) However, notwithstanding this prohibition, any retail liquor permits held by any person, firm, or corporation on July 19, 1971, which continue to be held by any person, firm, or corporation having an interest in more than one (1) retail liquor permit on August 13, 1993, shall be vested permits.    (c)  (1) Holders of vested permits may not sell, convey, assign, or devise any such interest in multiple retail liquor permitted businesses to any person or persons, firm, or corporation which, on the date of any such transfer, already has any ownership interest in a permitted retail liquor business.  (2) However, holders of vested permits shall be allowed to sell, convey, assign, or devise any such interest in multiple retail liquor permitted businesses to any other person or persons, firm, or corporation, thereby creating an ownership interest in more than one (1) retail liquor permit to any such subsequent purchasers, assignees, or devisees without violating any of the provisions hereinabove.(d) A holder of a vested permit may brand each of the businesses that is operated under the vested permit with the same name or logo, or both.
AR Code § 3-4-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 4 - Alcoholic Beverages Generally — Permits|Subchapter 2 - Issuance and Terms|§ 3-4-206. Operation of retail liquor business near church or schoolhouse prohibited — Definitions

 (a) As used in this section:  (1) “Church” means a church and all immediately adjacent property owned or leased by the church that is used for church purposes; and  (2)  (A) “Schoolhouse” means:  (i) A facility owned and operated by a public or private school or an open-enrollment charter school; and  (ii) A public or private daycare facility licensed by the State of Arkansas.    (B) “Schoolhouse” does not include a home school.      (b)  (1) No new permit to engage in the retail liquor business in this state may be issued by the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division for the location of any business situated within one thousand feet (1,000') of any church or schoolhouse property line.  (2) No existing permit to engage in the retail liquor business in this state may be transferred to a location within one thousand feet (1,000') of any church or schoolhouse property line.  (3) The distance specified in subdivisions (b)(1) and (2) of this section shall be measured by nearest property line point to nearest property line point.  (4) Subdivisions (b)(1) and (2) of this section apply only to an application for a new permit or the transfer of an existing permit filed with the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board after August 1, 2015.    (c) If a preliminary inspection by personnel of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division indicates that a proposed location for a retail liquor business appears from any point to be situated between nine hundred feet (900') and one thousand one hundred feet (1,100') of a church or schoolhouse property line, the permit applicant shall submit to the division a survey of the location performed by a licensed surveyor before a permit is issued for the retail liquor business.
AR Code § 3-4-207 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 4 - Alcoholic Beverages Generally — Permits|Subchapter 2 - Issuance and Terms|§ 3-4-207. Ineligible persons

 The following persons described in this section shall not receive a permit under this title:   (1) A person who has been convicted of an excluded felony;  (2) A person under twenty-one (21) years of age;  (3) A person who is not a citizen or resident alien of the United States;  (4) A copartnership, unless all members of such copartnership are citizens or resident aliens of the United States;  (5) A person who had his or her permit issued under this title revoked for cause or who has been convicted of a violation of this act until the expiration of two (2) years from the date of such revocation or conviction; or  (6) A corporation or copartnership, if any of its officers or members have been convicted of a violation of this title or have had a permit issued under this title revoked for cause until two (2) years from the date of the conviction or revocation.
AR Code § 3-4-208 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 4 - Alcoholic Beverages Generally — Permits|Subchapter 2 - Issuance and Terms|§ 3-4-208. Applications — Procedure for acceptance and determination

 (a) Applications for new permits will be accepted by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division after the publication of new census figures if the applications are warranted within a county or subdivision thereof.  (b) When it has been determined that new applications are appropriate, the division shall notify the public at large by legal notice that it will be accepting applications for a particular county or political subdivision thereof.  (c) Applications will then be accepted from the affected area beginning thirty (30) days after the date of publication, and no applications will be accepted after ninety (90) days of the publication date.  (d) All applications received from the affected area will then be processed and set for an Alcoholic Beverage Control Board meeting. The board meeting shall not be earlier than one hundred fifty (150) days after the publication of the legal notice specified in subsection (b) of this section, nor later than one hundred eighty (180) days after publication.  (e) No later than fifteen (15) days prior to the hearing, each applicant for a new permit or his or her agent will be allowed to draw a number between one (1) and a number equal to the number of applicants having filed. The drawing will be conducted by the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division. Position numbers may not be assigned or transferred.  (f) At the meeting the applications will be heard in order of the numbers drawn. There will only be as many applications heard as will equal the number of new permits allowed in the county or subdivision thereof.  (g)  (1) If the board finds that an applicant is qualified and that his or her proposed premises meet the public convenience and advantage of the area in question, then in that event the application will be approved.  (2) No permit will issue earlier than thirty (30) days subsequent to the determination or until such time as the board determines it is necessary for final adjudication in the Arkansas courts, of any appeals arising out of such determinations, whichever is longer.    (h) If the board has denied an application and the decision is not appealed or is upheld on appeal, then additional hearings will be held according to numbers already assigned in accordance with this section.  (i) There shall be an initial application fee of two thousand dollars ($2,000). In the event an applicant is not successful in his or her application, one thousand dollars ($1,000) of that sum shall be refunded.  (j) The annual permit renewal fee for permits authorized by this section and §§ 3-4-201 and 3-4-202 will be the same as the renewal fee provided by § 3-4-604 and § 3-7-111(a)(1)(D), or any subsequent amendments thereto.  (k) The provisions of this section shall apply only to applications for permits to dispense vinous (except wines), spirituous, or malt liquor filed with the board after July 4, 1983.
AR Code § 3-4-209 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 4 - Alcoholic Beverages Generally — Permits|Subchapter 2 - Issuance and Terms|§ 3-4-209. Applications — Contents

 In addition to such other information as the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division may determine shall be furnished in any application for permits under this act, the following information shall be given under oath:   (1) The name, age, and residence of each applicant and, if there are more than one (1) and they are partners, the partnership name and residence of the several persons so applying and the facts as to his or her or their citizenship;  (2) The name and residence of each person interested, or to become interested, in the business of any permittee for which the application is made, together with the nature of the interests. If the applicant is a corporation, the application shall set forth the name of the corporation, the names of its directors or other governing body, the name of its president, and the state under the laws of which it is organized;  (3) That the premises to be permitted is identified by stating the street and number, if the premises has a street and number, and otherwise such apt description as will reasonably indicate the locality. The applicant shall also state the name of any other person, either as principal or associate, interested with the applicant either in the premises or in the business to be permitted; and  (4) A statement that the applicant has not been convicted of a felony and has not had a permit issued to him, her, or them under this act revoked for cause within five (5) years preceding the date of application.
AR Code § 3-4-210 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 4 - Alcoholic Beverages Generally — Permits|Subchapter 2 - Issuance and Terms|§ 3-4-210. Applications — Notice requirements

 (a)  (1)  (A) After filing an application with the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division and the acceptance of the application by the director, the applicant shall publish at least one (1) time a week for four (4) consecutive weeks in a legal newspaper of general circulation in the city or locality where the business is to be located a notice that the applicant has applied for a permit to sell alcoholic beverages at retail.  (B) The newspaper publishing the notice shall have a physical address within the county of the proposed location of the retail business identified in the application.  (C) If the county does not have a newspaper, then the publication shall be placed in a newspaper with the nearest physical address of the location of the retail business identified in the application.    (2) The notice shall be in such form as the director shall prescribe by rule or order and shall be verified.  (3) The notice shall give the names of the applicant and the business and shall state that the applicant is a resident of Arkansas, a citizen or resident alien of the United States, that he or she has good moral character, that he or she has never been convicted of a felony or had a license to sell alcoholic beverages revoked within the five (5) years preceding the date of notice, whether issued by this state or any other state, and that he or she has not been convicted of violating laws of this state or any other state governing the sale of alcoholic beverages within five (5) years preceding the date of the notice.    (b)  (1) Within five (5) days after filing an application for a permit to sell alcoholic beverages at retail at any premises, a notice of the application shall be posted in a conspicuous place at the entrance to the premises.  (2) The applicant shall notify the director of the date when notice is first posted.  (3) No permit shall be issued to any applicant until proper notice has been posted on the premises for at least thirty (30) consecutive days.  (4)  (A) The notice shall be in such form as the director shall prescribe by rule or order.  (B) The notice shall be:  (i) At least eleven inches (11") in width and seventeen inches (17") in height; and  (ii) Printed in black lettering on a yellow background.        (c)  (1) Upon receipt by the director of an application for a permit, written notice thereof, which shall include a copy of the application, the application shall immediately be mailed by the director to the sheriff, chief of police, if located within a city, and prosecuting attorney of the locality in which the premises are situated, and to the city board of directors or other governing body of the city in which the premises are situated, if within an incorporated area.  (2) No license shall be issued by the director until at least thirty (30) days have passed from the mailing by the director of the notices required by this section.
AR Code § 3-4-211 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 4 - Alcoholic Beverages Generally — Permits|Subchapter 2 - Issuance and Terms|§ 3-4-211. Applications — Protests

 Upon receipt by the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division within thirty (30) days of a protest against issuance of a permit by a governing official of the city or county to whom the notice of an application for permit has been mailed, the director shall not issue the license until he or she has held a public hearing.
AR Code § 3-4-212 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 4 - Alcoholic Beverages Generally — Permits|Subchapter 2 - Issuance and Terms|§ 3-4-212. Applications — Denial

 (a) On all permit applications and administrative applications processed by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division, in the event that any such application is denied, one-half (½) of the stated amount of fee will be retained by the State of Arkansas to cover the costs of investigation and administrative processing of applications.  (b) The remainder will be refunded to the applicant pursuant to established administrative procedures.
AR Code § 3-4-213 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 3 - Alcoholic Beverages|Chapter 4 - Alcoholic Beverages Generally — Permits|Subchapter 2 - Issuance and Terms|§ 3-4-213. Applications — Appeals

 Any appeal from an order of the Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division or the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board shall be made to the circuit court of the county in which the premises are situated or the Pulaski County Circuit Court. Appeals shall be governed by the terms of the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.