Unknowingly furnishing or selling to minor
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Shannon v. Wilson (1997)
Most recently applied in Shannon v. Wilson (June 1997)
Acts 1943, No. 257, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 48-902.1; Acts 1993, No. 875, § 1; 2005, No. 1994, § 332; 2017, No. 1035, § 3.
(1) 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.
(2) For the second and subsequent offenses, he or she shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
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.