Arkansas Code Title 3. Alcoholic Beverages § 3-7-303. Records--Penalties

(a) Each wholesale distributor and importer of spirituous liquors required to file a return shall keep such complete and accurate books, papers, invoices, and other records as may be necessary to substantiate the accuracy of his or her report and the amount of excise tax due and shall retain the records for not less than three (3) years, subject to the use and inspection of the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration or his or her agents.

(b) Any person required by this subchapter to retain books, papers, invoices, and other records who fails to produce them upon demand by the secretary or his or her agent or agents of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Division or its successor agency, unless the failure to produce is due to providential or other causes beyond his or her control, shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.