2012 Delaware Code
Title 11 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure
CHAPTER 5. SPECIFIC OFFENSES
Subchapter V. Offenses Relating to Children and Incompetents
§ 1117. Notice.


11 DE Code § 1117 (2012 through 146th Gen Ass) What's This?

A person engaged in the sale or distribution of tobacco products shall post conspicuously at each point of purchase and each tobacco vending machine a notice stating that selling tobacco products to anyone under 18 years of age is illegal, that the purchase of tobacco products by anyone under 18 years of age is illegal and that a violator is subject to fines. The notice shall also state that all persons selling tobacco products are required, under law, to check the proof of age of any purchaser of tobacco products under the age of 27 years. The notice shall include a toll-free telephone number to the Department of Safety and Homeland Security for persons to report unlawful sales of tobacco products. The owners of an establishment who fail to post a notice in compliance with this section shall be subject to a fine of $100.

70 Del. Laws, c. 318, § 4; 74 Del. Laws, c. 110, § 138; 77 Del. Laws, c. 180, § 2.;

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