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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66660</law_id><section_number>18.2-246.6</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>18.2-110.1</reference><reference>19.2-245.01</reference><reference>19.2-386.20</reference><reference>19.2-386.21</reference><reference>2.2-3705.3</reference><reference>2.2-511</reference><reference>3.2-4215.1</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="18.2">Crimes and Offenses Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="6">Crimes Involving Fraud</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="10">Cigarette Delivery Sale Requirements</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>For purposes of this article:
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Adult</span>&#x201D; means a person who is at least the legal minimum purchasing age.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Board</span>&#x201D; means the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Consumer</span>&#x201D; means an individual who is not permitted as a wholesaler pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Qualification for permit to affix Virginia revenue stamps; penalty" href="/58.1-1011/">58.1-1011</a> or who is not a retailer.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Cigarette</span>&#x201D; means the same as that term is defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/3.2-4200/">3.2-4200</a>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Delivery sale</span>&#x201D; means any sale of <span class="dictionary">cigarettes</span> to a <span class="dictionary">consumer</span> in the Commonwealth regardless of whether the seller is located in the Commonwealth where either (i) the purchaser submits the <span class="dictionary">order</span> for such sale by means of a telephonic or other method of voice transmission, the <span class="dictionary">mails</span> or any other <span class="dictionary">delivery service</span>, or the Internet or other online service or (ii) the <span class="dictionary">cigarettes</span> are delivered by use of the <span class="dictionary">mails</span> or a <span class="dictionary">delivery service</span>. A sale of <span class="dictionary">cigarettes</span> not for personal consumption to a person who is a wholesale dealer or retail dealer, as such terms are defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/58.1-1000/">58.1-1000</a>, shall not be a <span class="dictionary">delivery sale</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Delivery service</span>&#x201D; means any person who is engaged in the commercial delivery of letters, packages, or other containers.
		&#x201C;Legal minimum purchasing age&#x201D; is the minimum age at which an individual may legally purchase <span class="dictionary">cigarettes</span> in the Commonwealth.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Mails</span>&#x201D; or &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">mailing</span>&#x201D; means the shipment of <span class="dictionary">cigarettes</span> through the United States Postal Service.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Shipping container</span>&#x201D; means a container in which <span class="dictionary">cigarettes</span> are shipped in connection with a <span class="dictionary">delivery sale</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Shipping documents</span>&#x201D; means bills of lading, airbills, or any other documents used to <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> the undertaking by a <span class="dictionary">delivery service</span> to deliver letters, packages, or other containers.</p></section></text><history>2003, c. 1010; 2005, c. 839; 2015, cc. 38, 730; 2023, c. 32; 2025, cc. 36, 43.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
