DIVISION 2. OTHER TAXES 6001-60709›PART 13. CIGARETTE TAX 30001-30483›CHAPTER 3.5. Stamps and Meter Machines 30161-30180›ARTICLE 1. Use of Stamps and Impressions 30161-30165.2
§ 30162
California Revenue and Taxation Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
(a) Stamps and meter impressions shall be of the designs, specifications, and denominations as may be prescribed by the board. Stamps and meter impressions shall be generated by a technology capable of being read by a scanning or similar device and shall be encrypted with, at a minimum, the following information:
(1) The name and address of the distributor affixing the stamp or meter impression.
(2) The date the stamp or meter impression was affixed.
(3) The denominated value of the stamp or meter impression.
(b) The board shall prescribe by regulation the method and manner in which stamps or meter impressions are to be affixed to packages of cigarettes and may provide for the cancellation of stamps or meter impressions.
(c) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2005.
(Repealed (in Sec. 1) and added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 881, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003. Section operative January 1, 2005, by its own provisions.)
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