Exemptions.
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-23-102
in effectThe provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the following:
(1) Transactions involving the sale or transfer of precious metals by a wholesale jeweler to a retail jeweler or licensed dealer;
(2) Transactions involving coins regardless of whether or not such coins contain precious metals;
(3) Any financial institution which is covered by federal or state deposit insurance;
(4) Any person doing business under the laws of this state or the United States relating to any broker-dealer or commodity futures commission merchant or commodity trading advisor or agent duly registered and regulated by the State Securities Department or the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission; or
(5) Pawn brokers.
Source: Public.Resource.Org / UniCourt, Official Code of Arkansas Annotated, Release 78 (2020) (unicourt.github.io/cic-code-ar)URL: https://unicourt.github.io/cic-code-ar/transforms/ar/ocar/r78/gov.ar.code.title.17.htmlFetched: 11/8/2026