FEDERAL · 18 U.S.C. · Chapter 114
Effect on State and local law
18 U.S.C. § 2345
Title18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Chapter114 — TRAFFICKING IN CONTRABAND CIGARETTES AND SMOKELESS TOBACCO
This text of 18 U.S.C. § 2345 (Effect on State and local law) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering United States primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Bluebook
18 U.S.C. § 2345.
Text
(a)Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to affect the concurrent jurisdiction of a State or local government to enact and enforce its own cigarette tax laws, to provide for the confiscation of cigarettes or smokeless tobacco and other property seized for violation of such laws, and to provide for penalties for the violation of such laws.
(b)Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to inhibit or otherwise affect any coordinated law enforcement effort by a number of State or local governments, through interstate compact or otherwise, to provide for the administration of State or local cigarette tax laws, to provide for the confiscation of cigarettes or smokeless tobacco and other property seized in violation of such laws, and to establish cooperative programs for the administration
Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI
Related
Richard M. Villarreal v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
839 F.3d 958 (Eleventh Circuit, 2016)
Robertson v. Washington State Liquor Control Board
10 P.3d 1079 (Court of Appeals of Washington, 2000)
Robertson v. State Liquor Control Bd.
10 P.3d 1079 (Court of Appeals of Washington, 2000)
NEW HAMPSHIRE MOTOR TRANSPORT ASS'N v. Rowe
377 F. Supp. 2d 197 (D. Maine, 2005)
Source Credit
History
(Added Pub. L. 95–575, §1, Nov. 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 2465; amended Pub. L. 109–177, title I, §121(b)(5), (e), (g)(2), Mar. 9, 2006, 120 Stat. 222–224.)
Editorial Notes
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2006—Pub. L. 109–177, §121(g)(2), substituted "Effect on State and local law" for "Effect on State law" in section catchline.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–177, §121(b)(5), (e)(1), substituted "a State or local government to enact and enforce its own" for "a State to enact and enforce" and inserted "or smokeless tobacco" after "cigarettes".
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109–177, §121(b)(5), (e)(2), substituted "of State or local governments, through interstate compact or otherwise, to provide for the administration of State or local" for "of States, through interstate compact or otherwise, to provide for the administration of State" and inserted "or smokeless tobacco" after "cigarettes".
Amendments
2006—Pub. L. 109–177, §121(g)(2), substituted "Effect on State and local law" for "Effect on State law" in section catchline.
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109–177, §121(b)(5), (e)(1), substituted "a State or local government to enact and enforce its own" for "a State to enact and enforce" and inserted "or smokeless tobacco" after "cigarettes".
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109–177, §121(b)(5), (e)(2), substituted "of State or local governments, through interstate compact or otherwise, to provide for the administration of State or local" for "of States, through interstate compact or otherwise, to provide for the administration of State" and inserted "or smokeless tobacco" after "cigarettes".
Cite This Page — Counsel Stack
Bluebook (online)
18 U.S.C. § 2345, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/usc/18/2345.