R.I. Gen. Laws § 44-20-3

Current through 2024 Public Law 457

Section 44-20-3 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Penalties for unlicensed business

Any manufacturer, importer, distributor or dealer who sells, offers for sale, or possesses with intent to sell, cigarettes and/or any other tobacco products and/or any electronic nicotine delivery system products, without a license as provided in § 44-20-2, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for each offense, or be imprisoned for a term not to exceed one (1) year, or be punished by both a fine and imprisonment.

Amended by 2024 Pub. Laws, ch. 117,§ 6-16, eff. 1/1/2025.

Amended by 2017 Pub. Laws, ch. 302, § 8-15, eff. 7/1/2017.

P.L. 1939, ch. 663, § 2; P.L. 1951, ch. 2867, § 1; P.L. 1952, ch. 3007, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 44-20-3; P.L. 1968, ch. 263, art. 8, § 2; P.L. 1978, ch. 167, §3; P.L. 1996 , ch. 321, § 3; P.L. 2012 , ch. 241, art. 21, § 6.

This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.