§ 68-317.4. Mailing or shipping – Documents – Conspicuous statement – Proof of legal minimum purchase age – Proof of collection and remission of tax.

A.  Each person who mails, ships or otherwise delivers cigarettes in connection with a delivery sale:

1.  Shall include as part of the shipping documents a clear and conspicuous statement providing as follows: “CIGARETTES:  OKLAHOMA LAW PROHIBITS SHIPPING TO INDIVIDUALS UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN, AND REQUIRES THE PAYMENT OF ALL APPLICABLE TAXES”;

2.  Shall use a method of mailing or shipping that obligates the delivery service to require:

a.the purchaser placing the delivery sale, or another adult of legal minimum purchase age residing at the purchaser’s address, to sign to accept delivery of the shipping container, and

b.proof, in the form of a valid, government-issued identification bearing a photograph of the individual who signs to accept delivery of the shipping container, demonstrating that such person is either the addressee or another adult of legal minimum purchase age residing at the purchaser’s address, but such proof shall be required only if that individual appears to be under twenty-seven (27) years of age; and

3.  Shall provide to the delivery service retained to deliver such delivery sale evidence of full compliance with Section 11 of this act.

B.  If the person taking a purchase order for delivery sale delivers the cigarettes without using a delivery service, such person shall comply with all requirements of this act applicable to a delivery service and shall be in violation of this act if it fails to comply with any such requirement.

Added by Laws 2003, c. 475, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 2003.