Code of Alabama - Title 45: Local Laws - Section 45-49-249.08 -

Section 45-49-249.08 - Stamps required for sale of cigarettes.

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to offer for sale, either at wholesale or retail, in Mobile County, any cigarettes on which the stamp as herein provided does not appear and the possession of cigarettes in Mobile County by a seller in any retail establishment without the proper stamp thereon, shall be prima facie evidence of violation of this subpart by the retail seller.

(b) It shall be the duty and responsibility of all wholesalers and jobbers selling or distributing cigarettes in Mobile County to see that the proper stamp is placed on the cigarette packages before leaving them in a retail establishment, and it shall be the responsibility of all retail sellers of cigarettes in Mobile County to have the proper stamp on all cigarette packages in their place of business which are offered for sale to the general public, and failure to comply with this provision by wholesalers, jobbers, or retail sellers shall be a violation of this subpart.

(Act 87-558, p. 868, §9.)

Last modified: May 3, 2021