§ 26-55-247 - Confiscation and sale of equipment of persons transporting motor fuel unlawfully. - Arkansas Statutes

26-55-247. Confiscation and sale of equipment of persons transporting motor fuel unlawfully.

(a) Any person who knowingly transports or causes to be transported any motor fuel in any manner in violation of the provisions of this subchapter in addition to other penalties and punishment provided for in this subchapter shall be subject to the immediate confiscation of the tank truck or vehicle and the contents therein which are thus unlawfully transported, by the Director of the Department of Finance and Administration or the director's agents.

(b) Unless the operator or owner of such tank truck or vehicle can prove to the satisfaction of the director at a hearing for that purpose within ten (10) days that such motor fuel was being transported, transferred, or delivered in accordance with this subchapter or any other act affecting the transportation of motor fuel, and in accordance with any regulations issued pursuant to this subchapter or any other act, the tank truck or vehicle and the contents therein shall be sold by the director at auction without any recourse or liability on the director or any of the director's agents or the State of Arkansas.