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Kentucky · Snapshot 09/05/2026

KRS 438.311: Unlawful acts by persons under age 21 relating to purchase or receipt of

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  1. KRS Chapter 438

tobacco product, alternative nicotine product, or vapor product --

Confiscation.

(1) Except for the provisions of KRS 438.330, it shall be unlawful for a person who has

not attained the age of twenty -one (21) years to purchase or accept receipt of or to

attempt to purchase or accept receipt of a tobacco product, alternative nicotine

product, or vapor product, or to present or offer to any person any purported proof

of age which is false, fraudulent, or not actually his or her own, for the purpose of

purchasing or receiving any tobacco product, alternative nicotine product, or vapor

product. It shall not be unlawful for such a person to accept receipt of a tobacco

product, alternative nicotine product, or vapor product from an employer when

required in the performance of the person's duties.

(2) All peace officers with general law enforcement authority and investigators of the

department may confiscate the tobacco product, a lternative nicotine product, or

vapor product of a person under the age of twenty -one (21) who has violated this

section. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no other penalty shall

apply to a person under the age of twenty-one (21) for a violation of this section.

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