2017 Ohio Revised Code
Title [57] LVII TAXATION
Chapter 5743 - CIGARETTE TAX
Section 5743.59 - Retail dealer - prohibited acts.
(A) No retail dealer of tobacco products shall have in the retail dealer's possession tobacco products on which the tax imposed by section 5743.51 of the Revised Code has not been paid, unless the retail dealer is licensed under section 5743.61 of the Revised Code. Payment may be evidenced by invoices from distributors stating the tax has been paid.
(B) The tax commissioner may inspect any place where tobacco products subject to the tax levied under section 5743.51 of the Revised Code are sold or stored.
(C) No person shall prevent or hinder the tax commissioner from making a full inspection of any place where tobacco products subject to the tax imposed by section 5743.51 of the Revised Code are sold or stored, or prevent or hinder the full inspection of invoices, books, or records required to be kept by section 5743.54 of the Revised Code.
Effective Date: 09-29-1999 .
