(1) Each first owner of tobacco products to be sold in this state shall be licensed by the Tax Commissioner. Every application for such license shall be made on a form prescribed by the Tax Commissioner. The application shall include: (a) The name and address of the applicant or, if the applicant is a firm, partnership, limited liability company, or association, the name and address of each of its members or, if the applicant is a corporation, the name and address of each of its officers and the address of its principal place of business; (b) the location of the place of business to be licensed; and (c) such other information as the Tax Commissioner may require for the purpose of administering the Tobacco Products Tax Act.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 77-4009

  • Company: shall include any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint-stock company, joint venture, or association. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • First owner: shall mean any person:

    (1) Engaged in the business of selling tobacco products in this state who brings or causes to be brought into this state from outside this state any tobacco products for sale in this state, including a retailer who purchases directly from suppliers outside this state who are not licensed pursuant to subsection (2) of section 77-4009 . See Nebraska Statutes 77-4004

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Person shall: include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Tobacco products: shall mean (1) cigars, (2) cheroots, (3) stogies, (4) periques, (5) granulated, plug cut, crimp cut, ready rubbed, and other smoking tobacco, (6) snuff, (7) snuff flour, (8) cavendish, (9) plug and twist tobacco, (10) fine cut and other chewing tobacco, (11) shorts, refuse scraps, clippings, cuttings, and sweepings of tobacco, (12) other kinds and forms of tobacco, prepared in such manner as to be suitable for chewing or smoking in a pipe or otherwise or both for chewing and smoking, and (13) electronic nicotine delivery systems, except that tobacco products shall not mean cigarettes as defined in section 77-2601. See Nebraska Statutes 77-4007

(2) A person outside of this state who ships or transports tobacco products to any person in this state to be sold in this state may make application for a license and be granted such a license by the Tax Commissioner. If a license is granted, such person shall be subject to the Tobacco Products Tax Act and shall be entitled to act as a licensee. A person outside this state who receives a license shall have established sufficient contact with this state for the exercise of personal jurisdiction over the person in any matter or issue arising under the act.

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