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Ark. Code Ann. § 19-2-203

Receipts by Department of Finance and Administration — Additional penalty

Acts 1981, No. 853, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 13-607.1; Acts 1997, No. 702, § 2; 2019, No. 910, § 3445.

(1) If any person, firm, corporation, partnership, or business makes payment to the Department of Finance and Administration for any license or fees imposed by the laws of this state by means of a check, draft, or order drawn on any bank, person, firm, or corporation, and the check, draft, or order is returned by the bank, person, firm, or corporation without having been paid in full, then the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration is authorized and empowered to impose a penalty. The penalty shall be in the amount of either ten percent (10%) of the face amount of the check, draft, or order or twenty dollars ($20.00), whichever is greater, against the maker or drawer of the check, draft, or order.

(2) This penalty is cumulative to any other penalties provided by law.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.