Alaska Statutes 43.50.640 – Misconduct involving unstamped cigarettes or stamps in the first degree

(a) A person commits the crime of misconduct involving unstamped cigarettes or stamps in the first degree if the person

Under the Alaska Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:

Class	Prison	Fine
Class C felony	up to 5 years	up to $50,000

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

(1) with reckless disregard that the cigarettes are unstamped

(A) sells or distributes 5,000 or more unstamped cigarettes in a single transaction;

(B) owns or possesses 5,000 or more unstamped cigarettes with the intent to sell; or

(C) acquires, holds, transports, imports, or possesses 10,000 or more unstamped cigarettes; or

(2) with reckless disregard that the stamp was previously affixed to another cigarette package

(A) affixes a previously used stamp to a cigarette package; or

(B) possesses, sells, or distributes a previously used stamp.

(b) Misconduct involving unstamped cigarettes or stamps in the first degree is a class C felony.