Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 44-20 - Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Tax
Section 44-20-56 - — 44-20-58. Repealed.

§ 44-20-56 — 44-20-58. Repealed.
History of Section.P.L. 1968, ch. 263, art. 8, § 14; Repealed by P.L. 1978, ch. 167, § 2.

Structure Rhode Island General Laws

Rhode Island General Laws

Title 44 - Taxation

Chapter 44-20 - Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Tax

Section 44-20-1. - Definitions.

Section 44-20-2. - Importer, distributor, and dealer licenses required — Licenses required.

Section 44-20-3. - Penalties for unlicensed business.

Section 44-20-4. - Application for license — Display.

Section 44-20-4.1. - License availability.

Section 44-20-5. - Duration of importer’s and dealer’s licenses — Renewal.

Section 44-20-6. - Expiration and renewal of distributors’ licenses.

Section 44-20-7. - Vending machine markers.

Section 44-20-8. - Suspension or revocation of license.

Section 44-20-8.1. - Maintenance and publication of list of licenses.

Section 44-20-8.2. - Transactions only with licensed manufacturers, importers, distributors, and dealers.

Section 44-20-9 - — 44-20-11. Repealed.

Section 44-20-12. - Tax imposed on cigarettes sold.

Section 44-20-12.1. - Floor stock tax on cigarettes and stamps.

Section 44-20-12.2. - Prohibited acts — Penalty.

Section 44-20-12.3. - Floor stock tax on cigarettes and stamps.

Section 44-20-12.4. - Floor stock tax on cigarettes and stamps.

Section 44-20-12.5. - Floor stock tax on cigarettes and stamps.

Section 44-20-12.6. - Floor stock tax on cigarettes and stamps.

Section 44-20-13. - Tax imposed on unstamped cigarettes.

Section 44-20-13.1. - Repealed.

Section 44-20-13.2. - Tax imposed on other tobacco products, smokeless tobacco, cigars, and pipe tobacco products.

Section 44-20-13.3, 44-20-13.4. - Repealed.

Section 44-20-13.5. - Violations as to reports and records.

Section 44-20-14. - Return and payment of use tax.

Section 44-20-15. - Confiscation of contraband cigarettes, other tobacco products, and other property.

Section 44-20-16. - Exemptions from use tax.

Section 44-20-16.1. - Repealed.

Section 44-20-17. - Penalty for use tax violations.

Section 44-20-18. - Securing stamps.

Section 44-20-19. - Sales of stamps to distributors.

Section 44-20-20. - Use of metering machine in lieu of stamps.

Section 44-20-21. - Transfer of stamps prohibited — Redemption of unused stamps.

Section 44-20-22. - Reimbursement for mutilated and other stamps — Claims.

Section 44-20-23. - Payment of tax by manufacturer or shipper outside state.

Section 44-20-24. - Affixing of stamps outside state by vending machine operator.

Section 44-20-25. - Bond of nonresident authorized to pay tax.

Section 44-20-26. - Agreement by nonresident to submit records — Attorney to receive process.

Section 44-20-27. - Repealed.

Section 44-20-28. - Stamping by distributors required.

Section 44-20-28.1. - Noncompliance with tobacco manufacturer’s escrow fund — Penalties.

Section 44-20-29. - Repealed.

Section 44-20-30. - Manner of affixing stamps.

Section 44-20-31. - Packages in which cigarettes sold — Sample packages.

Section 44-20-32. - Cancellation of used stamps.

Section 44-20-33. - Sale of contraband cigarettes or contraband other tobacco products prohibited.

Section 44-20-33.1. - Transportation of unstamped cigarettes.

Section 44-20-34. - Display of stamps in vending machines.

Section 44-20-35. - Penalties for violations as to unstamped contraband cigarettes or contraband other tobacco products.

Section 44-20-36. - Possession of unstamped cigarettes.

Section 44-20-37. - Seizure and destruction of unstamped cigarettes.

Section 44-20-38. - Hearing on cigarettes seized.

Section 44-20-39. - Forgery and counterfeiting — Tampering with meters — Reuse of stamps or containers.

Section 44-20-40. - Records — Investigation and inspection of books, premises and stock.

Section 44-20-40.1. - Inspections.

Section 44-20-41. - Monthly reports of distributors and dealers.

Section 44-20-42. - Reports and records of carriers, bailees and warehouse persons.

Section 44-20-43. - Violations as to reports and records.

Section 44-20-44. - Declarations under penalty of perjury.

Section 44-20-45. - Importation of cigarettes and/or other tobacco products with intent to evade tax.

Section 44-20-46. - Witnesses before tax administrator.

Section 44-20-47. - Hearings by tax administrator.

Section 44-20-48. - Appeal to district court.

Section 44-20-49. - Disposition of revenue — Payment of refunds.

Section 44-20-50. - Administration — Forms — Rules and regulations.

Section 44-20-51. - Penalty for violations generally.

Section 44-20-51.1. - Civil penalties.

Section 44-20-51.2. - Criminal penalty for fraudulent offenses.

Section 44-20-51.3. - Counterfeit cigarettes.

Section 44-20-52. - Exercise of powers and duties.

Section 44-20-53. - Direct tax on consumer.

Section 44-20-54. - Taxes and fees as debt to state.

Section 44-20-55. - Severability.

Section 44-20-56 - — 44-20-58. Repealed.