§ 5410. Unlawful acts; penalty.
§ 5410. Unlawful acts; penalty. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to: (1) Make, execute, deliver, accept or present for recording or cause to be made, executed, delivered, accepted or presented for recording any document without the full amount of tax thereon being duly paid; (2) Make use of any documentary stamp to […]
§ 5364. Disclosure requirements.
§ 5364. Disclosure requirements. The notice required under § 5363(a)(3) of this title shall include: (1) A prominent and clearly legible statement that any tobacco product or tobacco substitute sales to consumers below the legal minimum purchase age are illegal; (2) A prominent and clearly legible statement that sales of cigarettes are restricted to those […]
§ 5365. Shipping requirements.
§ 5365. Shipping requirements. (a) Each person who mails, ships or otherwise delivers a tobacco product, as defined under § 5301 of this title, in connection with a delivery sale shall become affixing agents as defined under § 5301 of this title and shall be eligible to receive commissions under § 5318 of this title. […]
§ 5366. Registration and reporting requirements.
§ 5366. Registration and reporting requirements. (a) Prior to making delivery sales or mailing, shipping or otherwise delivering any tobacco product, as defined under § 5301 of this title, in connection with any such sales, every person shall file with the Department a statement setting forth such person’s name, trade name and the address of […]
§ 5341. Sale of unstamped tobacco products; refusal to permit inspection; counterfeited or reused stamps; penalty.
§ 5341. Sale of unstamped tobacco products; refusal to permit inspection; counterfeited or reused stamps; penalty. (a) A person may not sell any pack of tobacco products that does not have affixed to it the proper amount of Delaware tobacco product tax stamps. (b) A dealer may not refuse to permit the Department to examine […]
§ 5342. Possession of untaxed tobacco products.
§ 5342. Possession of untaxed tobacco products. (a) Except as authorized by this chapter, a person who is not an affixing agent or does not hold a valid, unexpired exemption certificate may not possess within this State 10 or more packs or packages, or an equivalent unpackaged amount of tobacco products upon which the Delaware […]
§ 5343. Penalties not specifically provided for.
§ 5343. Penalties not specifically provided for. Whoever violates any provision of this chapter for which a specific penalty is not otherwise provided, and whoever violates any regulation promulgated pursuant to this chapter, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than 90 days, or both. 30 Del. […]
§ 5344. Liability joint and several as between owner and operator.
§ 5344. Liability joint and several as between owner and operator. Whenever a duty or liability is imposed under this chapter on the owner or operator of tobacco product vending machines, the owner and operator is jointly and severally liable for the performance of such duty or satisfaction of such liability. 30 Del. C. 1953, […]
§ 5345. Police powers; arrests.
§ 5345. Police powers; arrests. (a) Employees of the Department of Finance who are designated “tobacco product tax-enforcement officers” are peace officers and have the same police power and authority as constables throughout the State. (b) Such officers may arrest on view, except in private homes, without warrant, any person actually engaged in the unlawful […]
§ 5318. Appointment of stamp affixing agents; commission.
§ 5318. Appointment of stamp affixing agents; commission. (a) The Department may appoint any manufacturer of tobacco products or wholesaler within this State and may appoint any other person within or without this State as its agent to affix Delaware tobacco product tax stamps. Tax affixing agents located outside the State must apply the stamps […]