Section 3-3-312 - Procedure upon seizure of beverages(a) All spirituous, vinous, or malt beverages found in the possession of any person in violation of the laws as provided in this subchapter shall be seized and immediately turned over to the mayor if seized within the city limits of a municipality by a law enforcement officer of that municipality. They shall be turned over to the county judge if seized without or within the city limits of any municipality by the sheriff or any Department of Arkansas State Police officer or any Alcoholic Beverage Control Enforcement Division agent.(b) The seized beverages are to be held by the mayor or county judge until such time as any municipal court of the county wherein the beverages were seized determines the beverages to be contraband and subject to sale.(c) The mayor or the county judge, as the case may be, shall cause a notice to be published. This shall be done within three (3) days after being authorized by the court to sell the seized intoxicating liquors. The notice shall be published in a newspaper having a countywide circulation and shall appear in the newspaper twice within a thirty-day period, fifteen (15) days apart. The notice shall contain a list of the beverages authorized to be sold by the court, the approximate retail value thereof, the person, if known, from whom taken, the place where seized, and the advice that the beverages will be sold by the mayor or the county judge, as the case may be, at the expiration of thirty (30) days from the first published notice.Acts 1947, No. 423, § 7; 1969, No. 248, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 48-926.