28-1420 Tobacco; license requisite for sale; violation; penalty. - Nebraska Statutes

28-1420. Tobacco; license requisite for sale; violation; penalty.It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation to sell, keep for sale, or give away in course of trade, any cigars, tobacco, cigarettes, or cigarette material to anyone without first obtaining a license as provided in sections 28-1421 and 28-1422. It shall also be unlawful for any wholesaler to sell or deliver any cigars, tobacco, cigarettes, or cigarette material to any person, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation who, at the time of such sale or delivery, is not the recipient of a valid tobacco license for the current year to retail the same as provided in such sections. It shall also be unlawful for any person, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation to purchase or receive, for purposes of resale, any cigars, tobacco, cigarettes, or cigarette material if such person, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation is not the recipient of a valid tobacco license to retail such tobacco products at the time the same are purchased or received. Whoever shall be found guilty of violating this section shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor for each offense. SourceLaws 1919, c. 180, § 1, p. 401; C.S.1922, § 9849; C.S.1929, § 28-1023; Laws 1941, c. 50, § 1, p. 242; C.S.Supp.,1941, § 28-1023; R.S.1943, § 28-1022; Laws 1977, LB 40, § 105; R.R.S.1943, § 28-1022, (1975); Laws 1993, LB 121, § 187.