{"data":{"id":"us-mt/16-10-205","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"16-10-205","heading":"Purchases outside ordinary trade channels.","body":"In establishing the cost of cigarettes to the retailer or wholesaler, the invoice cost of said cigarettes purchased at a forced, bankrupt, or closeout sale or other sale outside of the ordinary channels of trade may not be used as a basis for justifying a price lower than one based upon the replacement cost of the cigarettes to the retailer or wholesaler in the quantity last purchased through the ordinary channels of trade.","path":["TITLE 16. ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND MARIJUANA","CHAPTER 10. REGULATION OF CIGARETTE MARKETING","Part 2. Sales Price of Cigarettes"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0160/chapter_0100/part_0020/section_0050/0160-0100-0020-0050.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:48:03Z","sha256":"9666fb6d7ce97eb86c9795efcf28bfcedf554cb32bd526ba453258d86c5482a8","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/16-10-204","next":"us-mt/16-10-301"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}