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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Tax Code § 155.211: POSSESSION: TAX DUE.

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  1. TAX CODE
  2. TITLE 2. STATE TAXATION
  3. SUBTITLE E. SALES, EXCISE, AND USE TAXES
  4. CHAPTER 155. CIGARS AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS TAX
  5. SUBCHAPTER G. PENALTIES

(a) A person commits an offense if the person possesses, in violation of this chapter, tobacco products on which a tax is required to be paid that has not been paid. The absence of evidence of a tax payment is prima facie evidence of nonpayment.

(b) This section does not prohibit transportation of tobacco products by a common carrier.

Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1684, ch. 389, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.

Amended by:

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 894 (H.B. 3475), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2019.

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 894 (H.B. 3475), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2019.

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