{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-tax-code-154.515","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Tax Code § 154.515","heading":"POSSESSION IN QUANTITIES OF 10,000 OR MORE.","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 of 10,000 or more.\n(b) This section does not prohibit transportation of cigarettes by a common carrier.\nActs 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1661, ch. 389, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.\nAmended by:\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 33 (S.B. 1390), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2017.\nActs 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 994 (S.B. 248), Sec. 23, 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#154.515","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:41Z","sha256":"a6b46ff3f5020a2f8d5fb619c41dfbb0d8a42b557b540ddd62780ecdc93a2335","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-tax-code-154.514","next":"us-tx/tex.-tax-code-154.516"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}