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RCW 82.24.050

Retailer—Possession of unstamped cigarettes—Access to commercial cigarette-making machines.

Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case 84 Wash. 2d 164 - Tonasket v. State (1974)

Most recently applied in United States v. Brigman (September 1994)

2012 2nd sp.s. c 4 s 4; 2003 c 114 s 4; 1995 c 278 s 4; 1990 c 216 s 3; 1969 ex.s. c 214 s 2; 1961 c 15 s 82.24.050

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(1) No retailer in this state may possess unstamped cigarettes within this state unless the person is also a wholesaler in possession of the cigarettes in accordance with RCW 82.24.040.

(2) A retailer may obtain cigarettes only from a wholesaler subject to the provisions of this chapter.

(3) Only a retailer licensed under this chapter may provide consumers with access to a commercial cigarette-making machine to make roll-your-own cigarettes. A retailer is prohibited from allowing the use of a commercial cigarette-making machine by a person unless, contemporaneously to the person's use of the machine, the retailer provides the consumer with a box or similar container to transport roll-your-own cigarettes and such box is affixed with the appropriate stamp or stamps as required under RCW 82.24.030(6). A consumer must transport roll-your-own cigarettes from a retailer's place of business only in such box or similar container.

(4) A commercial cigarette-making machine must have a secure meter that counts the number of cigarettes made, manufactured, or fabricated by the machine and that cannot be accessed, except for the sole purpose of taking meter readings, altered or reset by the machine operator.

Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.