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245-22.5 Prohibition against stamping or sale of cigarettes not listed in the directory pursuant to chapter 486P

(a) Beginning December 1, 2003, it shall be unlawful for an entity to:
(1) Affix a stamp to a package or other container of cigarettes of a tobacco product manufacturer or brand family not included in the directory; or
(2) Import, sell, offer, keep, store, acquire, transport, distribute, receive, or possess for sale or distribution cigarettes of a tobacco product manufacturer or brand family not included in the directory.
(b) Any entity that knowingly violates subsection (a) shall be guilty of a class C felony.
(c) Any cigarettes that are unlawfully imported, possessed, offered, kept, stored, acquired, transported, stamped, distributed, received, or sold in violation of this section may be seized and forfeited as contraband pursuant to chapter 712A and all such cigarettes seized and forfeited shall be destroyed.
(d) This section shall not apply to cigarettes that are exempt from taxes as provided by section 245-3(b) .
(e) For purposes of this section:
“Brand family”, “cigarette”, and “tobacco product manufacturer” shall have the same meaning as in section 486P-1 .
“Directory” means the “directory” established pursuant to section 486P-6 .
“Entity” means one or more individuals, a company, corporation, a partnership, an association, licensee, or any other type of legal entity.

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