Opinion No.

Mr. Barney Reeves, Director Alcohol Beverage Control Enforcement Department of Finance and Administration 1515 W. 7th Street, Suit 305 P.O. Box 2259 Little Rock, AR 722203-3259

Dear Mr. Reeves:

I am writing in response to your request for my opinion regarding the following question:

May an Alcohol Beverage Control [ABC] agent, a certified law enforcement officer, in the course of making an arrest for alcohol sales to a minor, seize a retail store closed circuit videotape recorder and tape as evidence of the sale of alcohol to the minor when the store owner refuses to turn over the videotape to…