{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-17-21-201","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 17-21-201","heading":"Registration of operators - Renewal - Fee","body":"(a) No person shall conduct a beauty pageant in Arkansas unless registered with the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration on forms prescribed by him or her. Registration in another state as a beauty pageant operator shall not be effective in this state. (b) The registration form shall contain, but shall not be limited to, the following information: (1) Name, address, and telephone number of the operator; (2) Name, address, and telephone number of the individual or officer of the organization having full responsibility for the conducting of the pageant; (3) Names of pageants customarily promoted by the operator; and (4) Name, address, and telephone number of the financial institution in which the entrant's fee is held. (c) (1) In order to continue to hold a valid registration in a subsequent year, each operator shall annually renew his or her registration. (2) Each registration shall expire on December 31 of each year. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 3421, eff. 7/1/2019. Acts 1991, No. 101, § 2; 1993, No. 344, §§ 3, 4.\n\n(a) No person shall conduct a beauty pageant in Arkansas unless registered with the Secretary of the Department of Finance and Administration on forms prescribed by him or her. Registration in another state as a beauty pageant operator shall not be effective in this state.\n\n(b) The registration form shall contain, but shall not be limited to, the following information: (1) Name, address, and telephone number of the operator; (2) Name, address, and telephone number of the individual or officer of the organization having full responsibility for the conducting of the pageant; (3) Names of pageants customarily promoted by the operator; and (4) Name, address, and telephone number of the financial institution in which the entrant's fee is held.\n\n(1) Name, address, and telephone number of the operator;\n\n(2) Name, address, and telephone number of the individual or officer of the organization having full responsibility for the conducting of the pageant;\n\n(3) Names of pageants customarily promoted by the operator; and\n\n(4) Name, address, and telephone number of the financial institution in which the entrant's fee is held.\n\n(c) (1) In order to continue to hold a valid registration in a subsequent year, each operator shall annually renew his or her registration. (2) Each registration shall expire on December 31 of each year.\n\n(1) In order to continue to hold a valid registration in a subsequent year, each operator shall annually renew his or her registration.\n\n(2) Each registration shall expire on December 31 of each year.","path":["AR Code","Title 17","Chapter 21","Subchapter 2"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"b96804a75a0fdc2662f6434c3774315a4bf9980ca9f2d82f6559b167218cde93","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-17-21-104","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-17-21-202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}