16-11-133. Sale and use of cigarettes without insignia unlawful.
16-11-133. Sale and use of cigarettes without insignia unlawful. (1) Unless approved by the department, a person who sells any package of cigarettes that does not bear the insignia required by this part and a person who uses or consumes a cigarette within this state, taken from a package that does not bear the required insignia, is guilty of a misdemeanor and is subject to the penalties in 16-11-148.
(2) This section may not be construed to prohibit a natural person from physically transporting into the state of Montana for the person's own personal consumption or use, a maximum of:
(a) 600 cigarettes that bear the tax insignia of another state; or
(b) 30 ounces of tobacco products, other than cigarettes, on which the tobacco taxes of another state have been paid.
History: En. Sec. 17, Ch. 140, L. 1969; amd. Sec. 12, Ch. 126, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 84-5606.18; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 382, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 23, Ch. 578, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 19, Ch. 511, L. 2005.