Title 44
Taxation

Chapter 20
Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Tax

R.I. Gen. Laws § 44-20-13

§ 44-20-13. Tax imposed on unstamped cigarettes.

A tax is imposed at the rate of two hundred twenty-five (225) mills for each cigarette upon the storage or use within this state of any cigarettes not stamped in accordance with the provisions of this chapter in the possession of any consumer within this state.

History of Section.
P.L. 1948, ch. 2092, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 44-20-13; P.L. 1958, ch. 17, art. 4, § 1; P.L. 1960, ch. 77, art. 1, § 1; P.L. 1964, ch. 242, art. 4, § 1; P.L. 1968, ch. 263, art. 8, § 5; P.L. 1975, ch. 260, art. 6, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 167, § 3; P.L. 1982, ch. 9, art. 5, § 10; P.L. 1987, ch. 176, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 129, art. 13, § 1; P.L. 1989, ch. 126, art. 17, § 1; P.L. 1993, ch. 138, art. 64, § 1; P.L. 1994, ch. 70, art. 13, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 370, art. 20, § 1; P.L. 1997, ch. 30, art. 12, § 1; P.L. 2001, ch. 77, art. 7, § 5; P.L. 2002, ch. 65, art. 16, § 11; P.L. 2003, ch. 376, art. 7, § 6; P.L. 2004, ch. 595, art. 3, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 246, § 3; P.L. 2007, ch. 250, § 3; P.L. 2009, ch. 5, art. 9, § 6; P.L. 2012, ch. 241, art. 21, § 6; P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 11, § 10; P.L. 2017, ch. 302, art. 8, § 12; P.L. 2024, ch. 117, art. 6, § 13, effective September 1, 2024.