(1) A person may not:

Attorney's Note

Under the Oregon Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class A misdemeanorup to 364 daysup to $6,250
For details, see Or. Rev. Stat.Or. Rev. Stat.161.615

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 180.440

  • 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.
  • Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • United States: includes territories, outlying possessions and the District of Columbia. See Oregon Statutes 174.100

(a) Affix a stamp to a package or other container of cigarettes of a tobacco product manufacturer or brand family that is not included in the directory developed under ORS § 180.425;

(b) Sell, offer for sale or possess for sale cigarettes of a tobacco product manufacturer or brand family that the person acquired at a time when the tobacco product manufacturer or brand family was not included in the directory developed under ORS § 180.425; or

(c) Possess in this state for sale in another jurisdiction cigarettes of a tobacco product manufacturer or brand family that the person acquired at a time when the tobacco product manufacturer or brand family was not included in the directory developed under ORS § 180.425 and was not in compliance with the Master Settlement Agreement qualifying statute in the other jurisdiction or with statutes that supplement the qualifying statute in that jurisdiction.

(2) A person who sells, offers for sale, distributes, acquires, holds, owns, possesses, transports, imports or causes to be imported cigarettes that the person knows or should know are intended for sale or distribution in violation of subsection (1) of this section commits a Class A misdemeanor.

(3) A distributor may not affix a stamp to a package or other container of cigarettes or purchase untaxed roll-your-own tobacco unless the distributor certifies to the Attorney General, in a manner prescribed by the Attorney General, that the distributor has purchased the cigarettes or roll-your-own tobacco directly from the tobacco product manufacturer or from the first importer of the cigarettes or roll-your-own tobacco into the United States. [2003 c.801 § 11; 2009 c.70 § 1; 2019 c.240 § 3]

 

See note under 180.400.