Revenue and Taxation Code section 30140

Every person desiring to engage in the sale of cigarettes or tobacco products as a distributor (including a common carrier or authorized person mentioned in Section 30104), except a person who desires merely to sell or accept orders for cigarettes or tobacco products which are to be transported from a point outside this state to a consumer within this state, shall file with the board an application, in such form as the board may prescribe, for a distributor’s license. A distributor shall apply for and obtain a license for each place of business at which he or she engages in the business of distributing cigarettes or tobacco products.

Source: Section 30140, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=RTC§ionNum=30140.­ (updated Sep. 21, 1989; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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