Ind. Code § 35-46-1-10.5
Purchase or possession of tobacco product by minor
Redline — January 1, 2018 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2025
As of January 1, 2018
Sec. 10.5. (a) A person less than eighteen (18) years of age who:
Sec. 10.5. (a) A person less than twenty-one (21) years of age who:
(1) purchases tobacco or an electronic cigarette;
(1) purchases a tobacco product;
(2) accepts tobacco or an electronic cigarette for personal use; or
(2) accepts a tobacco product for personal use; or
(3) possesses tobacco or an electronic cigarette on his person;
(3) possesses a tobacco product on the person's person;
commits a Class C infraction.
commits a Class C infraction.
(b) It is a defense under subsection (a) that the accused person acted in the ordinary course of employment in a business concerning tobacco or electronic cigarettes:
(b) It is a defense under subsection (a) that the accused person acted in the ordinary course of employment in a business concerning a tobacco product for the following activities:
(1) agriculture;
(1) Agriculture.
(2) processing;
(2) Processing.
(3) transporting;
(3) Transporting.
(4) wholesaling; or
(4) Wholesaling.
(5) retailing.
(5) Retailing.
(c) A person less than twenty-one (21) years of age who has in the person's possession false or fraudulent evidence of majority or identity with the intent to purchase a tobacco product commits a Class C infraction.
Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.