(a) Except as provided in (g) of this section, a person must be licensed by the department if the person engages in business as a distributor for a tobacco product that is subject to the tax.
Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 43.50.320
Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
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
Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
(b) The department, upon application and payment of a fee of $50, shall issue a license for one year to a person who applies for a license under (a) of this section.(c) The department may refuse to issue a license under this section if there is reasonable cause to believe the information submitted in the application is false or misleading and is not made in good faith.(d) A license issued under this section must include the name and address of the licensee, the type of business to be conducted, and the year for which the license is issued.(e) The department may renew a license issued under this section for a fee of $50.(f) The department may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a license issued under this section as provided in Alaska Stat. § 43.50.070.(g) A license required by this section is in addition to any other license required by law, except that a person who is licensed under Alaska Stat. § 43.50.010 – 43.50.180 is exempt from the licensing requirements of this section.(h) A license issued under this section is not assignable or transferable, except that in the case of death, bankruptcy, receivership, or incompetency of the licensee, or if the business of the licensee is transferred to another by operation of law, the department may extend the license for a limited time to the executor, administrator, trustee, receiver, or the transferee.
