No person may engage in or conduct the business of purchasing, selling, consigning, or distributing cigarettes in this state without a license under this chapter, or providing consumers with access to a commercial cigarette-making machine without a license under this chapter. A violation of this section is a class C felony.
RCW 82.24.500
Business of cigarette purchase, sale, consignment, distribution, or providing access to cigarette-making machines—License required—Penalty.
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Griffith v. Schnitzer Steel Industries (2005)
Most recently applied in Matheson v. STATE LIQUOR CONTROL BD. (March 2006)
2012 2nd sp.s. c 4 s 11; 2003 c 114 s 10; 1986 c 321 s 4.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.