# Ark. Code Ann. § 5-73-208: Registration by manufacturers

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## Section

- **Citation:** Ark. Code Ann. § 5-73-208
- **Heading:** Registration by manufacturers
- **Jurisdiction:** Arkansas
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** AR Code / Title 5 / Chapter 73 / Subchapter 2 / Section 5-73-208

## Text

(a) Every manufacturer shall keep a register of all machine guns manufactured or handled by the manufacturer. (b) This register shall show: (1) The model and serial number, date of manufacture, sale, loan, gift, delivery, or receipt, of every machine gun, the name, address, and occupation of the person to whom the machine gun was sold, loaned, given, or delivered, or from whom it was received; and (2) The purpose for which it was acquired by the person to whom the machine gun was sold, loaned, given, or delivered, or from whom received. (c) Upon demand every manufacturer shall permit any marshal, sheriff, or police officer to inspect the manufacturer's entire stock of machine guns, parts, and supplies therefor, and shall produce the register, required by this section, for inspection. (d) A violation of this section is a violation punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100). Acts 1935, No. 80, § 7; Pope's Dig., § 3520; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-3163; Acts 2009, No. 748, § 41.

(a) Every manufacturer shall keep a register of all machine guns manufactured or handled by the manufacturer.

(b) This register shall show: (1) The model and serial number, date of manufacture, sale, loan, gift, delivery, or receipt, of every machine gun, the name, address, and occupation of the person to whom the machine gun was sold, loaned, given, or delivered, or from whom it was received; and (2) The purpose for which it was acquired by the person to whom the machine gun was sold, loaned, given, or delivered, or from whom received.

(1) The model and serial number, date of manufacture, sale, loan, gift, delivery, or receipt, of every machine gun, the name, address, and occupation of the person to whom the machine gun was sold, loaned, given, or delivered, or from whom it was received; and

(2) The purpose for which it was acquired by the person to whom the machine gun was sold, loaned, given, or delivered, or from whom received.

(c) Upon demand every manufacturer shall permit any marshal, sheriff, or police officer to inspect the manufacturer's entire stock of machine guns, parts, and supplies therefor, and shall produce the register, required by this section, for inspection.

(d) A violation of this section is a violation punishable by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100).

Acts 1935, No. 80, § 7; Pope's Dig., § 3520; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-3163; Acts 2009, No. 748, § 41.

## Nearby sections

- [Ark. Code Ann. § 5-73-201 Title](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T5_C73_S2_S5-73-201.md)
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- [Ark. Code Ann. § 5-73-205 Presumption of offensive or aggressive purpose](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T5_C73_S2_S5-73-205.md)
- [Ark. Code Ann. § 5-73-206 Evidence of possession or use](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T5_C73_S2_S5-73-206.md)
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- [Ark. Code Ann. § 5-73-210 [Repealed]](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T5_C73_S2_S5-73-210.md)
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