A retailer shall not mail, ship, or otherwise cause to be delivered any alternative nicotine product or vapor product in connection with a delivery sale unless the retailer meets all of the following conditions:
 1. Prior to sale to the purchaser, the retailer verifies that the purchaser is at least twenty-one years of age through or by one of the following:

 a. A commercially available database, or aggregate of databases, that is regularly used by government and businesses for the purpose of age and identity verification.
 b. Obtaining a copy of a valid government-issued document that provides the name, address, and date of birth of the purchaser.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 453A.47B

  • Alternative nicotine product: means a product, not consisting of or containing tobacco, that provides for the ingestion into the body of nicotine, whether by chewing, absorbing, dissolving, inhaling, snorting, or sniffing, or by any other means. See Iowa Code 453A.1
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Person: shall mean and include every individual, firm, association, joint stock company, syndicate, partnership, corporation, trustee, agency or receiver, or respective legal representative. See Iowa Code 453A.1
  • Retailer: shall mean and include every person in this state who shall sell, distribute, or offer for sale for consumption or possess for the purpose of sale for consumption, cigarettes, alternative nicotine products, or vapor products irrespective of quantity or amount or the number of sales. See Iowa Code 453A.1
  • Sale: means any transfer, exchange, or barter, in any manner or by any means whatsoever, for a consideration, and includes and means all sales made by any person. See Iowa Code 453A.42
  • Signature: includes an electronic signature as defined in section 554D. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Vapor product: includes an electronic cigarette, electronic cigar, electronic cigarillo, electronic pipe, or similar product or device, and any cartridge or other container of a solution or other substance, which may or may not contain nicotine, that is intended to be used with or in an electronic cigarette, electronic cigar, electronic cigarillo, electronic pipe, or similar product or device. See Iowa Code 453A.1
 2. The retailer uses a method of mailing, shipping, or delivery that requires the signature of a person who is at least twenty-one years of age before the shipping package is released to the purchaser.
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