(a) A manufacturer, a wholesale dealer, an agent, or another person who knowingly sells or offers to sell cigarettes other than through retail sale and in violation of Alaska Stat. § 18.74.010 is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed

lawyer at desk

Ask a legal question, get an answer ASAP!
Click here to chat with a lawyer about your rights.

Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 18.74.160

  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(1) $10,000 for a first violation;
(2) $25,000 for each violation that is not a first violation.
(b) A retail dealer who knowingly sells or offers to sell cigarettes in violation of Alaska Stat. § 18.74.010 is subject, for each sale or offer to sell, to a civil penalty not to exceed

(1) $500 for a first violation in which the total number of cigarettes sold or offered for sale does not exceed 1,000 cigarettes;
(2) $2,000 for each violation that is not a first violation and in which the total number of cigarettes sold or offered for sale does not exceed 1,000 cigarettes;
(3) $1,000 for a first violation in which the total number of cigarettes sold or offered for sale exceeds 1,000 cigarettes;
(4) $5,000 for a violation that is not a first violation and in which the total number of cigarettes sold or offered for sale exceeds 1,000 cigarettes.
(c) The penalties against

(1) one manufacturer, wholesale dealer, agent, or other person under (a) of this section may not exceed $100,000 for violations occurring during a 30-day period; or
(2) one retail dealer under (b) of this section may not exceed $25,000 for violations occurring during a 30-day period.
(d) In addition to any other penalty prescribed by law, a person engaged in the manufacture of cigarettes who knowingly makes a false certification under Alaska Stat. § 18.74.080 is subject to a civil penalty of at least $75,000 for a first violation and a civil penalty not exceeding $250,000 for each violation that is not a first violation.
(e) A manufacturer who fails to make copies of reports available under Alaska Stat. § 18.74.070 within 60 days after receiving a written request from the state fire marshal or the attorney general is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 for each day after the 60th day that the manufacturer does not make the copies available.
(f) If a person violates a provision of this chapter and a civil penalty is not set for the violation, the person is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for a first violation and a civil penalty not exceeding $5,000 for each violation that is not a first violation.
  Previous section
Next section  
 Chapter 74 Contents