Arkansas · AR · Vehicles
Arkansas: Is it legal to pump your own gas?
Self-serve allowed
Arkansas has no ban on self-service gas; its statewide fire code regulates self-service pumps, including unattended ones.
Arkansas adopts the 2021 International Fire Code, as amended by the State Fire Marshal, as its statewide fire code (effective January 1, 2023). Its only changes to the fuel-station chapter adjust the rules for unattended self-service pumps, which the code still allows with limits. No Arkansas law found bars drivers from pumping their own gas, so this answer is an inference from the adopted code.
What the law says
Dispensing equipment used at unsupervised locations shall comply with one of the following:
Sources
- 015.01.22 Ark. Code R. § 005 (2021 Arkansas Fire Prevention Code) Mirror of official text · law.cornell.edu
- Arkansas DPS, State Fire Marshal's Office – Fire Services (no code text) Official · dps.arkansas.gov
Confirm with the state
- Agency
- Arkansas Department of Public Safety, State Fire Marshal's Office
- Website
- dps.arkansas.gov
How bordering states compare
- Louisiana Self-serve allowedLouisiana allows self-service gas. Fire marshal rules even permit unattended fuel dispensing systems that meet national fire standards.
- Mississippi Self-serve allowedMississippi allows self-service gas; state law sets price-sign rules for self-service pumps at retail stations.
- Missouri Self-serve allowedMissouri allows self-service gas, and state rules even cover unattended stations where customers fuel up with no attendant present.
- Oklahoma Self-serve allowedOklahoma's statewide fire code covers self-service fuel stations, including unattended ones; no state ban on pumping your own gas was found.
- Tennessee Self-serve allowedTennessee allows self-service gas; the State Fire Marshal enforces the International Fire Code, which permits self-service stations.
- Texas Self-serve allowedTexas allows self-service gas; state law assumes stations sell fuel without refueling service and requires help for drivers with disabilities.