{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-59-14-803","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 59-14-803","heading":"License to sell electronic cigarette product or nicotine product.","body":"(1) A person may not sell, offer to sell, or distribute an electronic cigarette product or a nicotine product in this state without first:\n(a) except as provided in Subsection (2), obtaining a license from the commission under this section to sell an electronic cigarette product or a nicotine product; and\n(b) complying with any bonding requirement described in Subsection (5).\n(2) A person that holds a valid license to sell cigarettes under Section 59-14-201 or a person that holds a valid license to sell tobacco products under Section 59-14-301 may, without obtaining a separate license in accordance with this section, sell, offer to sell, or distribute an electronic cigarette product or a nicotine product in this state.\n(3) The commission shall issue a license to sell an electronic cigarette product or a nicotine product to a person that submits an application, on a form created by the commission, that includes:\n(a) the person's name;\n(b) the address of the facility where the person will sell an electronic cigarette product or a nicotine product; and\n(c) any other information the commission requires to implement this chapter.\n(4) A license described in Subsection (3) is:\n(a) valid only at one fixed business address;\n(b) valid for three years;\n(c) valid only for a physical location; and\n(d) renewable if a licensee meets the criteria for licensing described in Subsection (3).\n(5)\n(a) The commission shall require a manufacturer, jobber, distributor, wholesaler, or retailer that is responsible under this part for the collection of tax on an electronic cigarette product, an alternative nicotine product, or a nontherapeutic nicotine product to post a bond.\n(b) The manufacturer, jobber, distributor, wholesaler, or retailer may post the bond required by Subsection (5)(a) in combination with any bond required by Section 59-14-201 or 59-14-301.\n(c) Subject to Subsection (5)(d), the commission shall determine the form and amount of the bond.\n(d) The minimum amount of the bond shall be:\n(i) except as provided in Subsection (5)(d)(ii) or (iii), $500;\n(ii) if the manufacturer, jobber, distributor, wholesaler, or retailer posts the bond required by Subsection (5)(a) in combination with a bond required by either Section 59-14-201 or 59-14-301, $1,000; or\n(iii) if the manufacturer, jobber, distributor, wholesaler, or retailer posts the bond required by Subsection (5)(a) in combination with a bond required by both Sections 59-14-201 and 59-14-301, $1,500.\n(6) The commission may make rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, to establish the additional information described in Subsection (3)(c) that a person shall provide in the application described in Subsection (3).\n(7) It is a class B misdemeanor for a person to violate Subsection (1).\n(8) The commission may not charge a fee for a license under this section.","path":["Title 59 Revenue and Taxation","Chapter 59-14 Cigarette and Tobacco Tax and Licensing Act","Part 59-14-8 Electronic Cigarette and Nicotine Product Licensing and Taxation Act"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title59/Chapter14/59-14-S803.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"7d7d48ffa111e31f48734ec88067777a7fc538a205193966f5c4eb332bdf3de3","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-59-14-802","next":"us-ut/utah-code-59-14-803.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}