(a) The department may inspect cigarettes held by wholesale dealers, agents, and retail dealers to determine if the cigarettes are marked as required by Alaska Stat. § 18.74.120 and 18.74.130. If the cigarettes are not marked as required, the department shall notify the state fire marshal.
Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 18.74.250
person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(b) To determine compliance with this chapter, the state fire marshal and the attorney general may examine the books, papers, invoices, and other records of a person who possesses, controls, or occupies premises where cigarettes are placed, stored, sold, or offered for sale, and the stock of cigarettes on the premises.(c) A person who possesses, controls, or occupies premises where cigarettes are placed, sold, or offered for sale shall allow the state fire marshal and the attorney general to make the inspections authorized by this section.
