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16-10-205. Citations.
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16-10-205. Citations.
(a) Each municipal police department, city or town marshal, and county sheriff's office shall maintain and issue uniform written citations or electronic citations for violation of all municipal and state laws.
(b)(1) All uniform written citation books must be prenumbered by the printer and a printer's certificate shall be furnished to the police department, marshal's office, or sheriff's office, and the certificate shall be made available for inspection.
(2) The certificate must state the printing date, the numerical sequence of citations printed, and the printer's name.
(c) All void or spoiled written citations must be accounted for by attaching all copies to the hard copy in the uniform citation book.
(d)(1) All written citations must have at least an original and three (3) copies used and distributed as follows:
(A) Hard copy: Violator's copy;
(B) White copy: Police department, marshal's office, or sheriff's office copy;
(C)(i) Yellow copy: Court clerk's copy, to be forwarded to the Office of Driver Services as provided in this subdivision (d)(1)(C).
(ii) Within five (5) business days after a conviction or forfeiture of bail of a person charged with a violation of any law regulating the operation of vehicles on a highway, § 3-3-203(a) or § 5-27-503(a)(3), the clerk shall forward the yellow copy covering the case in which the person was convicted or forfeited bail.
(iii) The yellow copy shall be certified by the person required to prepare it and shall include the name and address of the party charged, the registration number of the vehicle involved, the nature of the offense, the date of hearing, the plea, the judgment or whether bail was forfeited, and the amount of the fine or forfeiture.
(iv) Within five (5) business days
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-10-205
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16-10-205. Citations.
(a) Each municipal police department, city or town marshal, and county sheriff's office shall maintain and issue uniform written citations or electronic citations for violation of all municipal and state laws.
(b)(1) All uniform written citation books must be prenumbered by the printer and a printer's certificate shall be furnished to the police department, marshal's office, or sheriff's office, and the certificate shall be made available for inspection.
(2) The certificate must state the printing date, the numerical sequence of citations printed, and the printer's name.
(c) All void or spoiled written citations must be accounted for by attaching all copies to the hard copy in the uniform citation book.
(d)(1) All written citations must have at least an original and three (3) copies used and distributed as follows:
(A) Hard copy: Violator's copy;
(B) White copy: Police department, marshal's office, or sheriff's office copy;
(C)(i) Yellow copy: Court clerk's copy, to be forwarded to the Office of Driver Services as provided in this subdivision (d)(1)(C).
(ii) Within five (5) business days after a conviction or forfeiture of bail of a person charged with a violation of any law regulating the operation of vehicles on a highway, § 3-3-203(a) or § 5-27-503(a)(3), the clerk shall forward the yellow copy covering the case in which the person was convicted or forfeited bail.
(iii) The yellow copy shall be certified by the person required to prepare it and shall include the name and address of the party charged, the registration number of the vehicle involved, the nature of the offense, the date of hearing, the plea, the judgment or whether bail was forfeited, and the amount of the fine or forfeiture.
(iv) Within five (5) business days after the disposition of any case, the clerk shall forward the yellow copy of the citation and the resulting disposition of the case.
(v) A court using the case management system provided by the Administrative Office of the Courts or the electronic reporting system of the Office of Driver Services is not required to submit the yellow copy to the Office of Driver Services but must enter the disposition or judgment of conviction into the case management system or the electronic reporting system within the time required in this section; and
(D) Pink copy: Remains in uniform citation book.
(2) The citations shall be given to the police department, marshal's office, sheriff's office, or court clerk at least seven (7) business days before the court date.
(e) If an electronic citation is used:
(1) The electronic citation shall indicate whether or not there was a person under eighteen (18) years of age present at the time of the offense for which the electronic citation was issued;
(2) A printed copy of the electronic citation shall be given to the violator;
(3) A copy of the electronic citation must be maintained by the issuing police department, marshal's office, or county sheriff's office; and
(4)(A) A copy of the electronic citation shall be forwarded to the court clerk in either electronic or written format, as designated by the court clerk, at least seven (7) business days before the court date.
(B) The court clerk's copy shall be forwarded to the Office of Driver Services as provided in subdivision (d)(1)(C) of this section.
(f) If an electronic citation system is used, the system must be in compliance with the Information Systems Best Practices Checklist provided by the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee.
(g) Controls for citations.
(1) A list of all uniform written citation books and the corresponding range of citations in each book shall be kept in the police department, office of city or town marshal, or sheriff's office.
(2) The chief of police, marshal, or sheriff shall issue the uniform written citation books, unless the chief of police, marshal, or sheriff designates in writing another person to perform this duty.
(3) The chief of police, marshal, or sheriff shall ensure that all citations issued are entered on the arrest report or in the electronic case management system.
(4) Upon completion, each uniform written citation book shall immediately be filed with the court clerk and made available for inspection.
(5) Upon case adjudication, the police department, office of city or town marshal, or sheriff's office shall file its copy of the citation either alphabetically or numerically.
(h) A citation issued by a school resource officer under § 16-81-118 is exempt from the requirements of this section.
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16-81-118. Citation and arrest by a school resource officer — Definition.
(a) As used in this section, “school resource officer” means a school resource officer as described under § 6-10-128.
(b) A school resource officer may issue a citation to a person to appear in the local district court having jurisdiction over the place where a violation of state law occurred even if the school resource officer is outside of his or her jurisdiction if:
(1) The school resource officer is accompanying students on a school-sanctioned event that takes the students outside the county in which the school is located;
(2) The violation of state law is in conjunction with criminal activity that directly involves the students, school employees, or other persons participating in, observing, or assisting the school-sanctioned event; and
(3) The person who is the recipient of the citation is a student, school employee, or other person participating in, observing, or assisting the school-sanctioned event.
(c) The school resource officer shall use a citation book that substantially complies with the citation requirements under § 16-10-205.
(d)(1) A citation issued under this section is not valid unless the school resource officer provides at a minimum:
(A) The address and phone number of the district court having jurisdiction;
(B) The date and time when the recipient of the citation is to appear in the district court;
(C) A cite to the specific state law that was alleged to have been violated;
(D) The printed name and date of birth of the person receiving the citation; and
(E)(i) An opportunity for the person receiving the citation to sign the citation.
(ii) If the person who is to receive the citation refuses to sign the citation, the school resource officer is require
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-81-118
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3-3-203. Purchase or possession by minor.
(a)(1) It is unlawful for any person under twenty-one (21) years of age to purchase or have in his or her possession any intoxicating liquor, wine, or beer.
(2) For the purposes of this section, intoxicating liquor, wine, or beer in the body of a person under twenty-one (21) years of age is deemed to be in his or her possession.
(b) It is unlawful for an adult to purchase on behalf of a person under twenty-one (21) years of age any intoxicating liquor, wine, beer, or a confectionary containing between five-tenths of one percent (0.5%) and five percent (5%) alcohol by volume.
(c) A person eighteen (18) years of age or older violating this section is guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be subject to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).
(d) In addition to the penalties provided in this section, the trial judge or magistrate may impose the following penalty or penalties or any combination thereof:
(1) Require a person eighteen (18) years of age or older but under twenty-one (21) years of age to write themes or essays on intoxicating liquors, wine, or beer; and
(2) Place a person eighteen (18) years of age or older but under twenty-one (21) years of age under probationary conditions as determined by the court in its reasonable discretion designed as a reasonable and suitable preventive and educational safeguard to prevent future violations of this section by the person.
(e)(1) In addition to the fine authorized by subsection (c) of this section, at the time of arrest of a person eighteen (18) years of age or older for violation of the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the arrested person shall immediately surrender his or her license, per
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 3-3-203
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5-27-503. Possession of fraudulent or altered personal identification document unlawful.
(a) It is unlawful for:
(1) A person to possess a fraudulent or altered personal identification document for the purpose of providing a person under twenty-one (21) years of age identification that can be used for the purpose of purchasing an alcoholic beverage or other substance or material restricted for adult purchase or possession in accordance with existing law;
(2) A person under twenty-one (21) years of age to possess a fraudulent or altered personal identification document that can be used for the purpose of purchasing an alcoholic beverage or other substance or material restricted for adult purchase or possession in accordance with existing law; or
(3) A person under twenty-one (21) years of age to attempt to purchase an alcoholic beverage or use a fraudulent or altered personal identification document for the purpose of purchasing an alcoholic beverage illegally or other material or substance restricted to adult purchase or possession under existing law.
(b)(1)(A) If a seller of alcoholic beverages or the seller's employee has reasonable cause to believe that a person has violated subdivision (a)(3) of this section, the person may be detained in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable length of time by the seller of alcoholic beverages or the seller's employee in order that the seller of alcoholic beverages or the seller's employee may call for a certified law enforcement officer to conduct an investigation.
(B) The detention authorized under subdivision (b)(1)(A) of this section does not include a physical detention.
(2) If the seller of alcoholic beverages or the seller's employee attempts to verify the age of the person attempting to purchase an alcoholic
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 5-27-503
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