Title X, FINANCIAL RESOURCES (Ch. 421 - 454)

1. It shall be unlawful for any wholesaler or retailer to offer to sell, or sell, at wholesale or retail, cigarettes at less than cost to such wholesaler or retailer, as the case may be, as defined in this chapter . Any wholesaler or retailer who violates the provisions of this s…

In all offers for sale or sales involving cigarettes and any other item at a combined price, and in all offers for sale or sales involving the giving of any gift or concession of any kind whatsoever, whether it be coupons or otherwise, the wholesaler’s or retailer’s combined sell…

When one wholesaler sells cigarettes to any other wholesaler, the former shall not be required to include in the selling price to the latter, the cost to the wholesaler, as defined by section 421B.2 , but the latter wholesaler, upon resale to a retailer, shall be subject to the p…

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to a sale at wholesale or a sale at retail made as follows: 1. In an isolated transaction. 2. Where cigarettes are offered for sale, or sold in a bona fide clearance sale for the purpose of discontinuing trade in such cigarettes and …

1. Any wholesaler may advertise, offer to sell or sell cigarettes at a price made in good faith to meet the price of a competitor who is selling the same article at the cost to the competing wholesaler as defined by this chapter . Any retailer may offer to sell or sell cigarettes…

1. Admissible evidence. In determining cost to the wholesaler and cost to the retailer the court shall receive and consider as bearing on the bona fides of such cost, evidence that any person complained against under any of the provisions of this chapter purchased the cigarettes …

In establishing the basic cost of cigarettes to a wholesaler or a retailer, it shall not be permissible to use the invoice cost or the actual cost of any cigarettes purchased at a forced, bankrupt, or close out sale, or other sale outside of the ordinary channels of trade. [C50, …