Arkansas Code § 26-55-603 - Penalties -- Impoundment of Vehicles

(a) Upon conviction, a person transporting fuels into the State of Arkansas without the appropriate bill of lading and import/export load permit or interstate shipment record as required by this subchapter is guilty of a violation and shall be fined not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), of which one-half (1/2) shall be deposited with the Treasurer of State as special highway revenues to be disbursed in the same manner and to be used for the same purposes set out in the Arkansas Highway Revenue Distribution Law, § 27-70-201 et seq.

(b) Upon conviction, a person is guilty of a violation and subject to the penalty in subsection (a) of this section if the person:

(1) Makes or assists another person to make a false or fraudulent statement in any report required by this subchapter, the Motor Fuel Tax Law, § 26-55-201 et seq., or the Special Motor Fuels Tax Law, § 26-56-101 et seq.;

(2) Fails to include any information demanded by this subchapter, the Motor Fuel Tax Law, § 26-55-201 et seq., or the Special Motor Fuels Tax Law, § 26-56-101 et seq.; or

(3) Fails to produce upon request of proper authority any information required in this subchapter, the Motor Fuel Tax Law, § 26-55-201 et seq., or the Special Motor Fuels Tax Law, § 26-56-101 et seq.

(c) Any motor vehicle, including the cargo thereof, found to have been in violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be impounded by the Director of State Highways and Transportation pending disposition under this subchapter.

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