{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-tax-code-154.503","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Tax Code § 154.503","heading":"POSSESSION IN QUANTITIES LESS THAN 10,000.","body":"(a) Except as provided by Sections 154.026(b), 154.041(f), and 154.042, a person commits an offense if the person possesses unstamped cigarettes in quantities less than 10,000.\n(b) This section does not prohibit transportation of cigarettes by a common carrier.\nActs 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1660, ch. 389, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.\nAmended by:\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 33 (S.B. 1390), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2017.\nActs 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 994 (S.B. 248), Sec. 20, eff. September 1, 2021.","path":["TAX CODE","TITLE 2. STATE TAXATION","SUBTITLE E. SALES, EXCISE, AND USE TAXES","CHAPTER 154. CIGARETTE TAX","SUBCHAPTER I. PENALTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TX/htm/TX.154.htm#154.503","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:41Z","sha256":"bc46bdb181808218ce8a9059d4f1c577bbecf2ca54fcb32ba331ea0dd9965792","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-tax-code-154.5025","next":"us-tx/tex.-tax-code-154.504"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}