(a) Every wholesaler, jobber, retailer or consumer who purchases or allows to come into his or her possession any unstamped merchandise coming under the scope of this article shall file with the Oklahoma Tax Commission a surety or collateral or cash bond in the amount of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), payable to the State of Oklahoma and conditioned upon compliance with the provisions of this article and the rules of the Tax Commission.
(b) Any consumer who purchases or brings into this state unstamped cigars or tobacco products whereon the tax would be more than twenty-five cents ($0.25) is subject to the tax thereon. Upon failure to pay the tax levied in this article, the consumer shall be subject to a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00). Provided, any person in possession of more than one thousand small or large cigars or two hundred sixteen (216) ounces of chewing or smoking tobacco products in packages or containers for which the tax required by law has not been paid shall be punished by administrative fines in the manner and amounts provided in subsection D of Section 418 of this title.
Added by Laws 1965, c. 238, § 2, eff. July 1, 1965. Amended by Laws 2006, c. 272, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 2006; Laws 2013, c. 334, § 1, eff. July 1, 2013.
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