{"data":{"id":"us-mt/16-11-133","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"16-11-133","heading":"Sale and use of cigarettes without insignia unlawful.","body":"(1) Unless approved by the department, a person who sells any package of cigarettes that does not bear the insignia required by this part and a person who uses or consumes a cigarette within this state, taken from a package that does not bear the required insignia, is guilty of a misdemeanor and is subject to the penalties in 16-11-148.\n(2) This section may not be construed to prohibit a natural person from physically transporting into the state of Montana for the person's own personal consumption or use, a maximum of:\n(a) 600 cigarettes that bear the tax insignia of another state; or\n(b) 30 ounces of tobacco products, other than cigarettes, on which the tobacco taxes of another state have been paid.","path":["TITLE 16. ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND MARIJUANA","CHAPTER 11. TAXATION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS","Part 1. Tax on Tobacco Products"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0160/chapter_0110/part_0010/section_0330/0160-0110-0010-0330.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:48:04Z","sha256":"4fb6a323a5c3e068bb5e0ad7b98b861a895600e1f11c7e79b5bbf8435fcaeaf3","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/16-11-132","next":"us-mt/16-11-134"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}