(a) A distributor must obtain a license for each of the locations listed in this subsection, as applicable, and must pay a tax of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each license. A license is in effect until June 30 of the year following the second calendar year after the date of issuance or renewal. A license is renewable upon signed application with no renewal license tax, unless applied for after the June 30 expiration date. The locations are:

(1) Each location where a distributor receives or stores non-tax-paid cigarettes in this State.

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 105-113.12

  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3

(2) For a distributor that is a delivery seller, each location from which the distributor receives or stores non-tax-paid cigarettes for delivery sales of cigarettes if the location is a location other than the location described in subdivision (1) of this subsection.

(b) Repealed by Session Laws 2021-180, s. 42.9(d), effective July 1, 2022, and applicable to sales or purchases occurring on or after that date.

(c) An out-of-state distributor that is not a delivery seller may obtain a distributor’s license upon compliance with the provisions of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-113.4A and N.C. Gen. Stat. § 105-113.24 and payment of a tax of twenty-five dollars ($25.00). (1969, c. 1075, s. 2; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 955, s. 4; 1993, c. 442, s. 5; 2019-169, s. 4.2(c); 2021-180, s. 42.9(d); 2023-12, s. 3.6.)