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AR Code § 4-59-404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 5 - Contracts, Notes, and Other Commercial Instruments|Chapter 59 - Fraud|Subchapter 4 - Warehouse Receipts|§ 4-59-404. Issuance of receipt for goods owned by warehouseman without statement of ownership

 Where there are deposited with or held by a warehouseman goods of which he or she is owner, either solely, jointly, or in common with others, the warehouseman or any of his or her officers, agents, or servants who knowing of his or her ownership issue or aid in issuing a negotiable receipt for the goods which does not state the ownership, shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
AR Code § 4-59-405 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 5 - Contracts, Notes, and Other Commercial Instruments|Chapter 59 - Fraud|Subchapter 4 - Warehouse Receipts|§ 4-59-405. Delivering goods without obtaining negotiable receipt

 A warehouseman or any officer, agent, or servant of a warehouseman who delivers goods out of the possession of the warehouseman without obtaining the possession of the receipt at or before the time of the delivery, knowing that a negotiable receipt, the negotiation of which would transfer the right to the possession of the goods, is outstanding and uncancelled shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
AR Code § 4-59-406 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 5 - Contracts, Notes, and Other Commercial Instruments|Chapter 59 - Fraud|Subchapter 4 - Warehouse Receipts|§ 4-59-406. Negotiation of receipt by depositor of encumbered or another's goods without disclosing facts

 Any person who deposits goods to which he or she has no title or upon which there is a lien or mortgage, and who takes for the goods a negotiable receipt which he or she afterward negotiates for value with intent to deceive and without disclosing his or her want of title or the existence of the lien or mortgage, shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
AR Code § 4-59-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 5 - Contracts, Notes, and Other Commercial Instruments|Chapter 59 - Fraud|Subchapter 5 - Factoring of Financial Transaction Card Records of Sale|§ 4-59-501. Definitions

 The following words and phrases as used in this subchapter, unless a different meaning is plainly required by the context, shall have the following meanings:   (1) “Acquirer” means a business organization, financial institution, or an agent of a business organization or financial institution that authorizes a merchant to accept payment by financial transaction card for money, goods, services, or anything else of value;  (2) “Cardholder” means the person or organization named on the face of a financial transaction card to whom or for whose benefit the financial transaction card is issued by an issuer;  (3) “Financial transaction card” means any instrument or device, whether known as a credit card, credit plate, bank services card, banking card, check guarantee card, debit card, or by any other name, issued with or without fee by an issuer for the use of the cardholder:  (A) In obtaining money, goods, services, or anything else of value on credit; or  (B) In certifying or guaranteeing to a person or business the availability to the cardholder of funds on deposit that are equal to or greater than the amount necessary to honor a draft or check payable to the order of such person or business; or  (C) In providing the cardholder access to a demand deposit account or time deposit account for the purpose of:  (i) Making deposits of money or checks therein; or  (ii) Withdrawing funds in the form of money, money orders, or traveler's checks therefrom; or  (iii) Transferring funds from any demand deposit account or time deposit account to any other demand deposit account or time deposit account; or  (iv) Transferring funds from any demand deposit account or time deposit account to any credit card accounts, overdraft privilege accounts, loan accounts, or any other credit accounts in full or partial satisfaction of any outstanding balance owed existing therein; or  (v) For the purchase of goods, services, or anything else of value; or  (vi) Obtaining information pertaining to any demand deposit account or time deposit account; and      (4) “Issuer” means the business organization or financial institution or its duly authorized agent which issues a financial transaction card.
AR Code § 4-59-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 5 - Contracts, Notes, and Other Commercial Instruments|Chapter 59 - Fraud|Subchapter 5 - Factoring of Financial Transaction Card Records of Sale|§ 4-59-502. Remission to acquirer of record of sale not made by remitter

 (a) A person authorized by an acquirer to furnish money, goods, services, or anything else of value upon presentation of a financial transaction card or a financial transaction card account number by a cardholder, or any agent or employee of such person, who, with intent to defraud the issuer, acquirer, or cardholder, remits to an issuer or acquirer, for payment, a financial transaction card record of a sale, which sale was not made by such person, his or her agent or employee, is guilty of financial transaction card fraud.  (b) Any person violating this section is guilty of a Class C felony.
AR Code § 4-59-503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 5 - Contracts, Notes, and Other Commercial Instruments|Chapter 59 - Fraud|Subchapter 5 - Factoring of Financial Transaction Card Records of Sale|§ 4-59-503. Solicitation of merchant to remit record of sale not made by merchant

 Any person who, without the acquirer's express authorization, employs or solicits an authorized merchant, or any agent or employee of such merchant, to remit to an issuer or acquirer, for payment, a financial transaction card record of sale, which sale was not made by such merchant, his or her agent, or employee, is guilty of a Class C felony.
AR Code § 4-70-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 70 - General Provisions|Subchapter 1 - Rights Generally|§ 4-70-102. Advertisement by giving away prizes lawful

 The method of business advertising conducted in this state by the giving away of prizes consisting of money or other thing of value where no payment of money or other thing of value is required of participants in the awards, whether the advertising plan is entitled “Bank Night”, “Buck Night”, or any other name whatsoever, is declared to be a legal form of advertising.
AR Code § 4-70-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 70 - General Provisions|Subchapter 1 - Rights Generally|§ 4-70-103. Tickets sold over the internet — Definition

 (a) Tickets of admission to a live entertainment event, theatre, musical performance, or place of public entertainment or amusement of any kind shall not be offered for sale by any person over the internet until the tickets have been placed on sale by the venue or entity hosting the event or its authorized agent.  (b) Internet portals or websites shall not allow a person to offer for resale a ticket of admission to a live entertainment event, theatre, musical performance, or place of public entertainment or amusement of any kind until the tickets have been placed on sale by the venue or entity hosting the event or its authorized agent.  (c) This section does not apply to sporting or athletic events.  (d) As used in this section, “placed on sale” means the date and time when tickets are made available for sale to the general public, including without limitation to fan clubs, businesses, and persons for promotional activities.
AR Code § 4-70-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 70 - General Provisions|Subchapter 1 - Rights Generally|§ 4-70-104. Heavy equipment rental recovery fee — Definitions

 (a) As used in this section:  (1) “Heavy equipment property” means personal property owned by a business classified within sectors 532310 or 532412 of the North American Industry Classification System, as in effect on January 1, 2017;  (2) “Rental” or “renting” means the rental by a dealer of heavy equipment property:  (A) For a period of less than one (1) year or for an undefined period; or  (B) Under a contract with unlimited terms; and    (3) “Rental charge” means the total charge for the rental of heavy equipment property, excluding any separately itemized costs representing charges for related nonrental items, including without limitation pickup and delivery, fuel, or a damage waiver.    (b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a person in the business of renting heavy equipment property in this state may include in a rental agreement or on a rental invoice a recovery fee of one and twenty-five-hundredths percent (1.25%) of the rental charge for the rental of an item of heavy equipment property to a customer located in the state.  (c) The recovery fee provided for in this section shall:  (1) Not be collected on a rental of heavy equipment property to the United States or this state, including without limitation a county, city, town, agency, board, commission, or institution of this state; and  (2) Be exempt from state and local sales and use taxes.    (d) A business that collects a recovery fee as provided in this section shall:  (1) Account for and hold the recovery fees separately from all other business receipts;  (2) Use the amount of the recovery fee collected under this section solely to pay ad valorem taxes levied on the business's tangible personal property located in this state; and  (3)  (A) By February 15 of each year, remit to the county in which the business was assessed ad valorem taxes on heavy equipment property any recovery fees collected in the immediately preceding calendar year that exceed the aggregate ad valorem taxes that the business actually paid in that calendar year on the heavy equipment property of the business.  (B) If a business that collects a recovery fee under this section pays ad valorem taxes on heavy equipment property in more than one (1) county, the business shall remit any excess recovery fees not used to pay ad valorem taxes on heavy equipment property of the business to each county based on the ratio of ad valorem taxes paid to the county in the immediately preceding calendar year on the heavy equipment property of the business to the total of all ad valorem taxes paid in any county in the immediately preceding calendar year on heavy equipment property of the business.      (e) This section does not exempt heavy equipment property from ad valorem taxes.
AR Code § 4-70-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 70 - General Provisions|Subchapter 2 - Business Under Assumed Name|§ 4-70-201. Applicability of subchapter

 (a) This subchapter shall not apply to any limited partnership which has filed its certificate of limited partnership with the Secretary of State pursuant to § 4-47-201 or any successor law.  (b) This subchapter shall not apply to any domestic or foreign corporation or to any domestic or foreign limited partnership or limited liability company lawfully doing business in this state.  (c) This subchapter shall not apply to any limited liability company which has filed its articles of organization with the Secretary of State pursuant to § 4-32-202.
AR Code § 4-70-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 70 - General Provisions|Subchapter 2 - Business Under Assumed Name|§ 4-70-202. Penalties

 (a) Any person owning, carrying on, or transacting business as designated in this subchapter who fails to comply with any provision of this subchapter shall be guilty of a violation and fined not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).  (b) Each day of the violation shall be a separate offense.
AR Code § 4-70-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 70 - General Provisions|Subchapter 2 - Business Under Assumed Name|§ 4-70-203. Doing business under assumed name — Certificate

 (a) No person shall conduct or transact business in this state under an assumed name or under any designated name or style, corporate or otherwise, other than the real name of the individual conducting or transacting such business, unless the person files a certificate in the office of the county clerk of the counties in which the person conducts or transacts or intends to conduct the business. The certificate shall set forth the name under which the business is, or is to be, conducted or transacted and the full name or names of each person conducting or transacting the business, with the post office address of each.  (b) The certificate shall be executed and duly acknowledged by the persons so conducting or intending to conduct the business in the manner provided for in acknowledgment of conveyances of real estate.
AR Code § 4-70-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 70 - General Provisions|Subchapter 2 - Business Under Assumed Name|§ 4-70-204. Certificate of withdrawal from or disposition of interest in business

 Wherever there is a change in ownership of any business operated under an assumed name, each person disposing of his or her interest in the business or withdrawing therefrom shall file a certificate with the county clerk of each county in which the business is being conducted. This certificate shall set forth the fact of the withdrawal from or disposition of interest in the business and shall be executed and duly acknowledged as directed in § 4-70-203.
AR Code § 4-70-205 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 70 - General Provisions|Subchapter 2 - Business Under Assumed Name|§ 4-70-205. Certified copy of certificate as presumptive evidence

 A copy of the certificate duly certified by the county clerk in whose office the certificate was filed shall be presumptive evidence in all courts in this state of the facts therein contained.
AR Code § 4-70-206 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 70 - General Provisions|Subchapter 2 - Business Under Assumed Name|§ 4-70-206. Clerk's index and filing fees

 (a) Each county clerk shall keep an alphabetical index of persons filing certificates provided for in this subchapter.  (b) For indexing and filing the certificate, the clerk shall receive a fee of one dollar ($1.00).
AR Code § 4-70-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 70 - General Provisions|Subchapter 3 - Sales Representatives|§ 4-70-301. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “Commission” means compensation paid a sales representative by a principal in an amount based on a percentage of the dollar amount of certain orders for, or sales of, the principal's product;  (2) “Principal” means a person who:  (A) Does not have a permanent or fixed place of business in this state;  (B) Manufactures, produces, imports, or distributes a product for sale to customers who purchase the product for resale;  (C) Uses a sales representative to solicit orders for the product; and  (D) Compensates the sales representative in whole or in part by commission; and    (3) “Sales representative” means a person who solicits on behalf of a principal orders for the purchase at wholesale of the principal's product. The term “sales representative” does not include a person who places orders for or purchases the product for his or her own account for resale, or is engaged in door-to-door sales regulated by § 4-89-101 et seq.
AR Code § 4-70-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 70 - General Provisions|Subchapter 3 - Sales Representatives|§ 4-70-302. Sales representatives' contracts — Limitation

 (a) A contract between a principal and a sales representative under which the sales representative is to solicit wholesale orders within this state must be in writing and set forth the method by which the sales representative's commission is to be computed and paid.  (b) The principal shall provide the sales representative with a copy of the contract.  (c) A provision in the contract establishing venue for an action arising under the contract in a state other than this state is void.
AR Code § 4-70-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 70 - General Provisions|Subchapter 3 - Sales Representatives|§ 4-70-303. Payment in absence of contract

 If a compensation agreement between a sales representative and a principal that is not in writing is terminated, the principal shall pay all commissions due the sales representative within thirty (30) working days after the date of the termination.
AR Code § 4-70-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 70 - General Provisions|Subchapter 3 - Sales Representatives|§ 4-70-304. Jurisdiction

 A principal who is not a resident of this state and who enters into a contract subject to this subchapter is considered to be doing business in this state for purposes of the exercise of personal jurisdiction over the principal.
AR Code § 4-70-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 70 - General Provisions|Subchapter 3 - Sales Representatives|§ 4-70-305. Waivers prohibited

 A provision of this subchapter may not be waived, whether by express waiver or by attempt to make a contract or agreement subject to the laws of another state. A waiver of a provision of this subchapter is void.
AR Code § 4-70-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 70 - General Provisions|Subchapter 3 - Sales Representatives|§ 4-70-306. Damages and attorney's fees

 A principal who fails to comply with a provision of a contract under § 4-70-302 relating to payment of a commission or fails to pay a commission as required by § 4-70-303 is liable to the sales representative in a civil action for three (3) times the damages sustained by the sales representative, plus reasonable attorney's fees and costs.
AR Code § 4-71-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 71 - Trademarks and Labels|Subchapter 2 - Registration and Protection|§ 4-71-202. Registrability

 A mark by which the goods or services of any applicant for registration may be distinguished from the goods or services of others shall not be registered if it:   (1) Consists of or comprises immoral, deceptive, or scandalous matter;  (2) Consists of or comprises matter which may disparage or falsely suggest a connection with persons, living or dead, institutions, beliefs, or national symbols, or bring them into contempt or disrepute;  (3) Consists of or comprises the flag or coat of arms or other insignia of the United States, any state or municipality, or any foreign nation, or any simulation;  (4) Consists of or comprises the name, signature, or portrait identifying a particular living individual, except by the individual's written consent;  (5)  (A) Consists of a mark which:  (i) When used on or in connection with the goods or services of the applicant, is merely descriptive or deceptively misdescriptive of them;  (ii) When used on or in connection with the goods or services of the applicant is primarily geographically descriptive or deceptively misdescriptive of them; or  (iii) Is primarily merely a surname.    (B)  (i) Provided, however, that nothing in this subdivision (5) shall prevent the registration of a mark used by the applicant which has become distinctive of the applicant's goods or services.  (ii) The Secretary of State may accept as evidence that the mark has become distinctive, as used on or in connection with the applicant's goods or services, proof of continuous use as a mark by the applicant in this state for the five (5) years before the date on which the claim of distinctiveness is made; or      (6) Consists of or comprises a mark which so resembles a mark registered in this state or a mark or trade name previously used by another and not abandoned as to be likely, when used on or in connection with the goods or services of the applicant, to cause confusion or mistake or to deceive.
AR Code § 4-71-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law|Subtitle 6 - Business Practices|Chapter 71 - Trademarks and Labels|Subchapter 2 - Registration and Protection|§ 4-71-203. Application for registration

 (a) Subject to the limitations set forth in this subchapter, any person who uses a mark may file in the office of the Secretary of State, in a manner complying with the requirements of the Secretary of State, an application for registration of that mark setting forth, but not limited to, the following information:  (1) The name and business address of the person applying for such registration and, if a corporation, the state of incorporation, or if a partnership, the state in which the partnership is organized and the names of the general partners, as specified by the Secretary of State;  (2) The goods or services on or in connection with which the mark is used and the mode or manner in which the mark is used on or in connection with such goods or services and the class in which such goods or services fall;  (3) The date when the mark was first used anywhere and the date when it was first used in this state by the applicant or predecessor in interest; and  (4) A statement that the applicant is the owner of the mark, that the mark is in use, and that, to the knowledge of the person verifying the application, no other person has registered, either federally or in this state, or has the right to use such mark either in the identical form thereof or in such near resemblance thereto as to be likely, when applied to the goods or services of such other person, to cause confusion or mistake or to deceive.    (b)  (1) The Secretary of State may also require a statement as to whether an application to register the mark, or portions or a composite thereof, has been filed by the applicant or a predecessor in interest in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and, if so, the applicant shall provide full particulars with respect thereto, including the filing date and serial number of each application, the status thereof, and, if any application was finally refused registration or has otherwise not resulted in registration, the reasons therefor.  (2) The Secretary of State may also require that a drawing of the mark, complying with such requirements as the Secretary of State may specify, accompany the application.  (3) The application shall be signed and verified by oath, affirmation, or declaration subject to perjury laws by the applicant or by a member of the firm or an officer of the corporation or association applying.  (4) The application shall be accompanied by three (3) specimens showing the mark as actually used.  (5) The application shall be accompanied by the application fee payable to the Secretary of State.