Oregon Code § 180.440·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Prohibited conduct; penalty.
(1) A person may not:
(a) Affix a stamp
to a package or other container of cigarettes of a tobacco product manufacturer
or brand family that is not included in the directory developed under ORS
180.425;
(b) Sell, offer
for sale or possess for sale cigarettes of a tobacco product manufacturer or
brand family that the person acquired at a time when the tobacco product
manufacturer or brand family was not included in the directory developed under
ORS 180.425; or
(c) Possess in
this state for sale in another jurisdiction cigarettes of a tobacco product
manufacturer or brand family that the person acquired at a time when the
tobacco product manufacturer or brand family was not included in the directory
developed under ORS 180.425 and was not in compliance with the Master
Settlement Agreement qualifying statute in the other jurisdiction or with
statutes that supplement the qualifying statute in that jurisdiction.
(2) A person who
sells, offers for sale, distributes, acquires, holds, owns, possesses,
transports, imports or causes to be imported cigarettes that the person knows
or should know are intended for sale or distribution in violation of subsection
(1) of this section commits a Class A misdemeanor.
(3) A distributor
may not affix a stamp to a package or other container of cigarettes or purchase
untaxed roll-your-own tobacco unless the distributor certifies to the Attorney
General, in a manner prescribed by the Attorney General, that the distributor
has purchased the cigarettes or roll-your-own tobacco directly from the tobacco
product manufacturer or from the first importer of the cigarettes or
roll-your-own tobacco into the United States. [2003 c.801 §11; 2009 c.70 §1;
2019 c.240 §3]
Note:
See note under 180.400.