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Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 47, § 864. Affixing stamps; penalty; compromises

Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

A. Penalty.

(1) Any dealer required by this Chapter to affix the stamps who fails to properly affix or cancel such stamps within the time limit prescribed by law shall, in addition to the taxable articles being subject to seizure, be required to pay as a part of the tax imposed hereunder a penalty for a first offense of one dollar per article; for a second offense, five dollars per article; and for a third offense, ten dollars per article. For any offenses in excess of three, the fine will be not less than twenty dollars per article nor more than one hundred dollars per article to be assessed and collected by the secretary as other taxes levied by this Chapter are collected.

(2) Any dealer who affixes stamps to cigarettes in violation of R.S. 47:843(D)(2) shall be subject to the same penalties as provided in Paragraph (1) of this Subsection.

B. Subsequent offenses. For purposes of determining second and third or more offenses, any offenses occurring within a five-year period of each other will be considered additional offenses for purposes of this Chapter.

C. Compromises. The collector may compromise in a civil case arising under the provisions of this Chapter and any collections made by him on such compromises shall be handled in the same manner as the collections of the tax are handled. When any case is compromised, the collector shall keep a complete record of the transaction on file in his office.

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