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Ark. Code Ann. § 3-3-205

Sale or possession without license

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Middleton v. State (1992)

Most recently applied in Middleton v. State (December 1992)

Acts 1943, No. 218, §§ 2-4; 1947, No. 205, §§ 1, 2; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 48-902, 48-912, 48-913; Acts 1991, No. 498, § 1; 1991, No. 577, § 1; 2005, No. 1994, § 436.

(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.

(3) 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.

(4) 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.

(5) Each act in violation of this section shall constitute a separate misdemeanor.

(6) Nothing contained in this section shall relieve any licensee from forfeiture of his or her license.

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.