Penalties.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-20-204
in effect(a)(1) Any commercial or noncommercial applicator, dealer, or pilot who violates any provision of this subchapter or the rules adopted under this subchapter shall be guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be punished for the first offense by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) and for the second and any additional offense by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) and not more than two thousand dollars ($2,000).
(2)(A) Any private applicator who violates any provision of this subchapter or the rules adopted under this subchapter subsequent to having received a written warning from the State Plant Board for a prior violation shall be guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and not more than five hundred dollars ($500) for each offense.
(B) An offense committed more than three (3) years after a previous conviction or written warning shall be considered as a first offense.
(b) No state court shall allow the recovery of damages from administrative action taken if the court finds that there was probable cause for such an action.
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.20.htmlFetched: 11/8/2026