NRS 370.695
Unlawful acts

  • penalties
  • violation constitutes deceptive trade practice.

1.

It is unlawful for any person to:

(a)

Affix a stamp to a package or other container of cigarettes of a manufacturer of tobacco products, brand family or style which is not included in the directory; or

(b)

Sell, or offer or possess for sale, in this State cigarettes of a manufacturer of tobacco products, brand family or style not included in the directory.

2.

A person who violates any provision of subsection 1 is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

3.

In addition to any other penalty authorized by law, the Department may impose on each person who violates any provision of subsection 1 a civil penalty for each such violation of not more than $5,000 or 500 percent of the retail value of the cigarettes involved in the violation, whichever is greater.

4.

Any violation of subsection 1 constitutes a deceptive trade practice for the purposes of NRS 598.0903 to 598.0999, inclusive.

5.

For the purposes of this section, each stamp affixed to and each sale or offer to sell cigarettes in violation of subsection 1 constitutes a separate violation.

Source: Section 370.695 — Unlawful acts; penalties; violation constitutes deceptive trade practice., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-370.­html#NRS370Sec695.

370.600
Legislative findings. 370.605
Definitions. 370.610
“Brand family” defined. 370.615
“Cigarette” defined. 370.620
“Directory” defined. 370.625
“Distributor” defined. 370.630
“Manufacturer of tobacco products” defined. 370.635
“Master Settlement Agreement” defined. 370.640
“Nonparticipating manufacturer” defined. 370.645
“Participating manufacturer” defined. 370.650
“Qualified escrow fund” defined. 370.655
“Stamp” defined. 370.660
“Units sold” defined. 370.665
Certification by manufacturers: Execution and delivery 370.670
Certification by manufacturers: Prerequisites to inclusion of brand family 370.675
Directory of manufacturers, brand families and styles of cigarettes: Duties of Department 370.677
Department required to notify wholesale dealer or retail dealer of certain changes to directory of manufacturers, brand families and styles of cigarettes 370.680
Nonresident or foreign nonparticipating manufacturers and wholesale dealers: Agent for service of process. 370.682
Bond of nonparticipating manufacturer: Posting requirements 370.683
Liability of wholesale dealer for required escrow deposits 370.684
Liability of importer for required escrow deposit and certain reports. 370.685
Distributor required to maintain and submit records 370.690
Adoption of certain regulations by Department. 370.692
Account for Tobacco Enforcement: Creation 370.693
Attorney General: Application for grants 370.695
Unlawful acts 370.696
Civil penalty: Noncompliance of wholesale dealer or manufacturer 370.697
Civil penalty: False or inaccurate certification by wholesale dealer or nonparticipating manufacturer 370.698
Suspension, revocation and reinstatement of license of wholesale dealer whose license is suspended or revoked in another state 370.700
Action for injunction or enforcement 370.705
Controlling provisions
Last Updated

Feb. 5, 2021

§ 370.695’s source at nv​.us