Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 16. ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND MARIJUANA

CHAPTER 11. TAXATION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS

Part 1. Tax on Tobacco Products

Sale And Use Of Cigarettes Without Insignia Unlawful

16-11-133. Sale and use of cigarettes without insignia unlawful. (1) Unless approved by the department, a person who sells any package of cigarettes that does not bear the insignia required by this part and a person who uses or consumes a cigarette within this state, taken from a package that does not bear the required insignia, is guilty of a misdemeanor and is subject to the penalties in 16-11-148.

(2) This section may not be construed to prohibit a natural person from physically transporting into the state of Montana for the person's own personal consumption or use, a maximum of:

(a) 600 cigarettes that bear the tax insignia of another state; or

(b) 30 ounces of tobacco products, other than cigarettes, on which the tobacco taxes of another state have been paid.

History: En. Sec. 17, Ch. 140, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 126, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 84-5606.18; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 382, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 23, Ch. 578, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 19, Ch. 511, L. 2005.