§ 7815 - Distributors
§ 7815. Distributors
All resident wholesale dealers within the state who are also distributors within the meaning of this chapter are authorized to act as such and are required to pay the tax on tobacco products for which they may be liable. A person without this state who ships or transports tobacco products to retailers in this state, to be sold by those retailers, may make application for license as a nonresident distributor, be granted such license by the commissioner, and thereafter be subject to all the provisions of this chapter so far as the same pertain to tobacco products, and be entitled to act as a distributor, provided he or she files proof with his or her application that he or she has appointed the secretary of state as his or her agent for service of process relating to any matter or issue arising under this chapter. Such nonresident person shall also agree to submit his or her books, accounts and records to examination during reasonable business hours by the commissioner or his or her duly authorized agent. (Added 1959, No. 231, § 7; amended 1981, No. 31, § 17.)