Alaska Statutes — Title 43 (Revenue and Taxation)
AS 43.50.520
Stamp required before sale, distribution, or consumption
# (a)
Except as provided in AS 43.50.580, a licensee or the authorized agent or designee of the licensee shall affix a stamp, in the manner required by AS 43.50.510, to each package of cigarettes immediately upon the opening of the shipping container containing the package and before sale, distribution, or consumption in this state.
# (b)
Except as provided in AS 43.50.580 and 43.50.610, a person may not engage in the following activities in this state unless the package containing the cigarettes is affixed with the required stamp:
# (1)
sell or distribute cigarettes to a person who is a consumer in this state;
# (2)
acquire, hold, own, possess, or transport cigarettes for sale or distribution in this state;
# (3)
import or cause to be imported cigarettes into this state for sale, distribution, or consumption; or
# (4)
place or store cigarette packages in a vending machine in this state.
Source: official source document (full Title 43 PDF)
In this chapter (40 sections)
- 43.50.340 · Records
- 43.50.350 · Disposition of proceeds
- 43.50.360 · Annual report
- 43.50.370 · Regulations
- 43.50.390 · Definitions
- 43.50.400 · Sale or distribution of cigarettes; prohibitions
- 43.50.410 · Imported cigarettes: requirements
- 43.50.420 · Enforcement
- 43.50.430 · Applicability
- 43.50.450 · Definitions
- 43.50.460 · Tobacco product manufacturer certifications
- 43.50.465 · Directory of cigarettes approved for sale and importation
- 43.50.470 · Prohibition against sale or importation of cigarettes not…
- 43.50.475 · Agent for service of process
- 43.50.480 · Reporting and disclosure of information; escrow installments
- 43.50.485 · Penalties and other remedies
- 43.50.490 · Miscellaneous provisions
- 43.50.495 · Definitions
- 43.50.500 · Tax payment by use of stamps
- 43.50.510 · Stamp design; manner of affixing
- 43.50.520 · Stamp required before sale, distribution, or consumption
- 43.50.530 · Sale of stamps
- 43.50.540 · Purchase of and payment for stamps
- 43.50.550 · Deferred-payment basis for stamps
- 43.50.560 · Suspension of deferred-payment basis privilege
- 43.50.570 · Interest
- 43.50.580 · Possession of unstamped cigarettes
- 43.50.590 · Refunds or credits for unused stamps and for unsalable,…
- 43.50.600 · Stamps prohibited on cigarette packages not complying with…
- 43.50.610 · Unstamped cigarettes as contraband; seizure
- 43.50.620 · Forfeiture and destruction of seized cigarettes
- 43.50.625 · Forfeiture of other property
- 43.50.630 · Monthly reports; records retention; inspection of records
- 43.50.640 · Misconduct involving unstamped cigarettes or stamps in the…
- 43.50.650 · Misconduct involving unstamped cigarettes or stamps in the…
- 43.50.660 · Construction of criminal statutes
- 43.50.670 · Unauthorized transfer of unaffixed stamps
- 43.50.700 · Definitions
- 43.50.710 · Sale at less than minimum price; rebate in price
- 43.50.720 · Sale at less than minimum price; sale with gift or…