Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:844

  • Cigars: includes any roll of tobacco for smoking, irrespective of size or shape, and irrespective of the tobacco being flavored, adulterated or mixed with any other ingredients, where such roll has a wrapper made chiefly of tobacco. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:842
  • Person: means any natural person, trustee, company, partnership, corporation or other legal entity. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:842
  • Place of business: as used in this Chapter means the place where the orders are received, or where the taxable articles are sold, or if sold upon a railroad train or on or from any other vehicle, the vehicle on which or from which the taxable articles are sold by the retail dealer. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:842
  • Vending machine: means any receptacle used to store taxable articles which vend such articles automatically. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:842

Every person who sells or is about to engage in the business of selling at retail, at wholesale, or by vending machine, or is about to engage in the business of receiving unstamped or non-tax paid cigarettes, cigars or other tobacco products, or who is engaged in the business of receiving stamped cigarettes at wholesale shall first apply for and obtain a permit for each place of business and each vending machine from the office of alcohol and tobacco control in accordance with La. Rev. Stat. 26:901 et seq.

Amended by Acts 1952, No. 107, §1; Acts 1958, No. 438, §3; Acts 1974, No. 414, 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1975; Acts 1984, No. 881, §1; Acts 1985, No. 487, §1; S.C.R. No. 135, 1985 R.S.; Acts 1986, No. 694, §1, eff. July 8, 1986; Acts 1997, No. 658, §2; Acts 2006, No. 108, §2, eff. July 1, 2006; Acts 2006, No. 454, §3, eff. June 15, 2006.

{{NOTE:  SEE ACTS 1985, NO. 487, §2.}}