Title 18, Fires
15 chapters · 153 sections in this title.
N.D.C.C. § 18-13-01 Definitions
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In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Agent" means any person authorized by the insurance commissioner to purchase or sell packages of cigarettes. 2. "Cigarette" means any roll for smoking made wholly or in part of tobacco and encased in any material except …
N.D.C.C. § 18-13-02 Test method and performance standard - Penalty
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1. Except as provided in subsection 7, a cigarette may not be sold or offered for sale in this state or offered for sale or sold to persons located in this state unless the cigarette has been tested in accordance with the test method and meets the performance standard specified i…
N.D.C.C. § 18-13-03 Certification and product change
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1. Each manufacturer shall submit to the state fire marshal a written certification attesting that each cigarette listed in the certification has been tested in accordance with section 18-13-02 and each cigarette listed in the certification meets the performance standard set fort…
N.D.C.C. § 18-13-04 Marking of cigarette packaging
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1. Cigarettes that are certified by a manufacturer in accordance with section 18-13-03 must be marked to indicate compliance with the requirements of section 18-13-02. The marking must be in eight-point type or larger and consist of: a. Modification of the product uniform product…
N.D.C.C. § 18-13-05 Penalties
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1. A manufacturer, wholesale dealer, agent, or any other person that knowingly sells or offers to sell cigarettes, other than through retail sale, in violation of section 18-13-02, for a first offense is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars for each sale …
N.D.C.C. § 18-13-06 Implementation
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1. The state fire marshal may adopt rules to implement this chapter. 2. The state tax commissioner in the regular course of conducting inspections of wholesale dealers, agents, and retail dealers, as authorized under chapter 57-36, may inspect such cigarettes to determine if the …
N.D.C.C. § 18-13-07 Inspection
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The insurance commissioner and the state fire marshal may examine the books, papers, invoices, and other records of any person in possession, control, or occupancy of any premises where cigarettes are placed, stored, sold, or offered for sale, as well as the stock of cigarettes o…
N.D.C.C. § 18-13-09 Sale outside of North Dakota
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This chapter does not prohibit any person from manufacturing or selling cigarettes that do not meet the requirements of section 18-13-02 if the cigarettes are or will be stamped for sale in another state or are packaged for sale outside the United States and that person has taken…
N.D.C.C. § 18-13-10 Local regulation
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, home rule charter, or ordinance made under a home rule charter, a political subdivision may not enact or enforce any ordinance or regulation conflicting with any provision of this chapter or with any policy of this state expressed by th…