63-2505. (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to transport into, export from or receive in this state or carry or move from place to place within this state, except as provided in this section, any cigarettes which do not have affixed thereto Idaho stamps.(2) Any wholesaler engaged in interstate business, who shall furnish surety bond in a sum satisfactory to the state tax commission, shall be permitted to set aside such part of his stock as may be necessary for the conduct of such interstate business without affixing the stamps required by this chapter. Every wholesaler, at the time of shipping or delivering cigarettes, shall make a duplicate invoice, showing complete details of the sale, and shall retain the duplicate for inspection by the state tax commission or its agent.(3) Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, every person who shall transport cigarettes not stamped as required in this chapter upon the public highways, waterways, airways, roads or streets of this state shall have in his actual possession invoices or delivery tickets for such cigarettes which shall show:(a) The true name and the complete and exact address of the consignor or seller; and(b) The true name and complete and exact address of the consignee or purchaser; and(c) The quantity and brands of the cigarettes transported; and(d) Either:(i) The true name and complete and exact address of the wholesaler licensed under this chapter who has or shall assume payment of taxes under this chapter; or(ii) The true name and complete and exact address of the person authorized to receive unstamped cigarettes by the law of the state or foreign country to which the cigarettes are destined.(4) Any common or contract carrier, as defined in 18 U.S.C. section 2341, who transports cigarettes under a proper bill of lading or freight bill which states the quantity, source and destination of such cigarettes and who is without notice to itself or to any of its agents or employees that said cigarettes are not stamped as required in this chapter shall be deemed to have complied with this section.
Amendment history
63-2505, added 1974, ch. 211, sec. 5, p. 1548; am. 1995, ch. 43, sec. 1, p. 64.