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This law was first created in 2024. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 796<\/a> and 821<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":69459,"section_number":"58.1-1021.04:1","catch_line":"Distributor's or remote retail seller's license; liquid nicotine and nicotine vapor products license; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-1021.04_1\/"},{"id":61382,"section_number":"59.1-293.12","catch_line":"Restrictions on the sale of retail tobacco products to minors; penalties","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-293.12\/"}],"permalink":{"id":252319,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56399,"identifier":"58.1-1021.07","token":"58.1\/I\/10\/2.1\/58.1-1021.07","url":"\/58.1-1021.07\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/58.1-1021.07\/","token":"58.1\/I\/10\/2.1\/58.1-1021.07","dublin_core":{"Title":"Retail sales of liquid nicotine and nicotine vapor products; identification and use by minors","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 58.1-1021.07","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Before a retail dealer<\/span> may sell liquid nicotine<\/span> or nicotine vapor products<\/span> to any consumer<\/span>, the person<\/span> selling, offering for sale, giving, or furnishing the liquid nicotine<\/span> or nicotine vapor product<\/span> shall verify that the consumer<\/span> is of legal age by:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> For any retail sale<\/span> by a retail dealer<\/span>, examining from any person<\/span> who appears to be under 30 years of age a government-issued photographic identification that establishes the person<\/span> is of legal age or, if required pursuant to subdivision C 4 b of § 58.1-1021.04:1<\/a> or subdivision B 2 b of § 59.1-293.12<\/a>, verifying the identification presented using identification fraud<\/span> detection software, technology, or scanner that confirms the authenticity of such identification; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> For any delivery sale<\/span> by a retail dealer<\/span> to a consumer<\/span> in the Commonwealth, performing an age verification through an independent, age verification software, service, or technology that compares information available from public records to the personal information entered by the purchaser during the ordering process that establishes that the purchaser is of legal age or older. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nRETAIL SALES OF LIQUID NICOTINE AND NICOTINE VAPOR PRODUCTS; IDENTIFICATION AND\nUSE BY MINORS (\u00a7 58.1-1021.07)\n\nBefore a retail dealer may sell liquid nicotine or nicotine vapor products to\nany consumer, the person selling, offering for sale, giving, or furnishing the\nliquid nicotine or nicotine vapor product shall verify that the consumer is of\nlegal age by:\n\n1. For any retail sale by a retail dealer, examining from any person who appears\nto be under 30 years of age a government-issued photographic identification that\nestablishes the person is of legal age or, if required pursuant to subdivision C\n4 b of § 58.1-1021.04:1 or subdivision B 2 b of § 59.1-293.12,\nverifying the identification presented using identification fraud detection\nsoftware, technology, or scanner that confirms the authenticity of such\nidentification; or\n\n2. For any delivery sale by a retail dealer to a consumer in the Commonwealth,\nperforming an age verification through an independent, age verification\nsoftware, service, or technology that compares information available from public\nrecords to the personal information entered by the purchaser during the ordering\nprocess that establishes that the purchaser is of legal age or older.\n\nHISTORY: 2024, cc. 796, 821.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}