Health & Saf. Code, § 14957 · Part 8. CIGARETTES
Health & Saf. Code, § 14957
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Upon discovery by the department or a law enforcement agency that a person offers or possesses for sale, or has made a sale of, cigarettes in violation of subdivision (a) of Section 14951, the department or that law enforcement agency may seize and dispose of those cigarettes possessed in violation of this part as contraband per se.
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History
Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 613, Sec. 5. (SB 1408) Effective January 1, 2019.
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