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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
1. It is unlawful for a person, with the intent to defraud the State:
(a) To alter, forge or counterfeit any license or stamp provided for in this chapter;
(b) To have in his or her possession any forged, counterfeited, spurious or altered license or stamp with the intent to use the same, knowing or having reasonable grounds to believe the same to be such;
(c) To have in his or her possession one or more cigarette stamps which he or she knows have been removed from the pieces of packages or packages of cigarettes to which they were affixed;
(d) To affix to any piece of a package or package of cigarettes a stamp which he or she knows has been removed from any other piece of a package or package of cigarettes; or
(e) To have in his or her possession for the purpose of sale cigarettes which do not bear indicia of the State of Nevada excise tax stamping. Presence of the cigarettes in a cigarette vending machine is prima facie evidence of the purpose to sell.
2. A person who violates any of the provisions of subsection 1 is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished as provided in NRS 193.130.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Nevada Revised Statutes Title 32. Revenue and Taxation § 370.380. Unlawful acts regarding licenses or stamps; unlawful possession of unstamped cigarettes; penalty - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nv/title-32-revenue-and-taxation/nv-rev-st-370-380/
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