Idaho § 39-5717 - Shipping requirements - tobacco products or electronic smoking devices
Full text of Idaho Idaho Statutes § 39-5717 — Shipping requirements - tobacco products or electronic smoking devices, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 39-5717. Shipping requirements - tobacco products or electronic smoking devices
Each permittee who mails or ships tobacco products or electronic smoking devices in connection with a delivery sale order shall include as part of the shipping documents a clear and conspicuous statement providing as follows:
TOBACCO PRODUCTS or electronic smoking devices : IDAHO LAW PROHIBITS SHIPPING TO INDIVIDUALS UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE (21) YEARS AND REQUIRES THE PAYMENT OF TAXES PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 25, TITLE 63 , IDAHO CODE. PERSONS VIOLATING THIS LAW MAY BE CIVILLY AND CRIMINALLY LIABLE.
Anyone who delivers any such container distributes tobacco products or electronic smoking devices as defined in section 39-5702 , Idaho Code, and is subject to the terms and requirements of this chapter. If a permittee taking a delivery sale order also delivers the tobacco products or electronic smoking devices without using a third-party delivery service, the permittee shall comply with all the requirements of vendor-assisted sales as defined in section 39-5702 , Idaho Code.
[39-5717, added 2003, ch. 273, sec. 3, p. 730; am. 2012, ch. 39, sec. 10, p. 122; am. 2020, ch. 318, sec. 14, p. 913; am. 2022, ch. 113, sec. 8, p. 421; am. 2025, ch. 64, sec. 10, p. 309; am. 2026, ch. 279, sec. 5, p. 1172.]
Source: official Idaho text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 39-5717 ("Shipping requirements - tobacco products or electronic smoking devices") is part of the Idaho Statutes, the codified statutory law of Idaho. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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