Title 4.1. Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Control
Chapter 2. Administration of Licenses
§ 4.1-242. (Effective October 1, 2026) Separate retail tobacco permit for each place of business; transfer or amendment; posting; expiration; carriers; civil penalties.
A. Each retail tobacco permit granted by the Board shall designate the place where such retail sales will be located. A separate retail tobacco permit shall be required for each separate place of business. Each retail tobacco permit shall be posted in a location conspicuous to the public at the place where such retail sales will be located.
B. No retail tobacco permit shall be transferable from one tobacco retailer to another, or from one place to another.
C. The privileges conferred by any retail tobacco permit granted by the Board shall continue until the last day of the twelfth month next ensuing, except the retail tobacco permit may be sooner terminated for any cause for which the Board would be entitled to refuse to grant a retail tobacco permit, by operation of law, voluntary surrender, or order of the Board.
The Board may permit a retail tobacco permittee who fails to pay:
1. The required retail tobacco permit fee covering the continuation or reissuance of its permit by midnight of the fifteenth day of the twelfth month following the granting of the retail tobacco permit, to pay the fee in lieu of reapplying, provided payment of the fee is made within 30 days following that date and is accompanied by a civil penalty of $25 or 10 percent of such fee, whichever is greater; and
2. The civil penalty pursuant to subdivision 1 to pay the fee in lieu of reapplying, provided payment of the fee is made within 45 days following the 30 days specified in subdivision 1 and is accompanied by a civil penalty of $100 or 25 percent of such fee, whichever is greater.
Such civil penalties collected by the Board shall be deposited in accordance with § 4.1-116.