§ 18.2-246.6 Definitions
For purposes of this article: “Adult” means a person who is at least the legal minimum purchasing age. “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority. “Consumer” means an individual who is not permitted as a wholesaler pursuant to § 58.1-1011 or who is not a retailer. “Cigarette” means the same as that term is defined in § 3.2-4200. “Delivery sale” means any sale of cigarettes to a consumer in the Commonwealth regardless of whether the seller is located in the Commonwealth where either (i) the purchaser submits the order for such sale by means of a telephonic or other method of voice transmission, the mails or any other delivery service, or the Internet or other online service or (ii) the cigarettes are delivered by use of the mails or a delivery service. A sale of cigarettes not for personal consumption to a person who is a wholesale dealer or retail dealer, as such terms are defined in § 58.1-1000, shall not be a delivery sale. “Delivery service” means any person who is engaged in the commercial delivery of letters, packages, or other containers. “Legal minimum purchasing age” is the minimum age at which an individual may legally purchase cigarettes in the Commonwealth. “Mails” or “mailing” means the shipment of cigarettes through the United States Postal Service. “Shipping container” means a container in which cigarettes are shipped in connection with a delivery sale. “Shipping documents” means bills of lading, airbills, or any other documents used to evidence the undertaking by a delivery service to deliver letters, packages, or other containers.
History
This law was first created in 2003. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 1010 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 4 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2005, chapter 839; in 2015, chapters 38 and 730; in 2023, chapter 32; in 2025, chapters 36 and 43.
2003, c. 1010; 2005, c. 839; 2015, cc. 38, 730; 2023, c. 32; 2025, cc. 36, 43.