North Dakota § 19-04-01 - Selling certain enumerated poisons regulated - Penalty
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§ 19-04-01. Selling certain enumerated poisons regulated - Penalty
Every person who, at retail, without receiving a physician's prescription specifying that such prescription shall contain a poison and giving the name thereof, sells, furnishes, gives away, or delivers to another: 1. Arsenic or any preparation thereof, corrosive sublimate, white precipitate, red precipitate, biniodide of mercury, cyanide of potassium, hydrocyanic acid, strychnia, or any other poison or vegetable alkaloid, or the salts thereof, or essential oil of bitter almonds; or 2. Aconite, belladonna, colchicum, conium, formaldehyde, nux vomica, henbane, savin, ergot, cotton root, cantharides, creosote, digitalis, or the pharmaceutical preparations of any of them, croton oil, chloroform, sulfate of zinc, mineral acids, carbolic acid, or oxalic acid, without affixing to the bottle, box, vessel, or package containing the same, the name of the contents, the word "poison", and the person's name and place of business, is guilty of a class A misdemeanor. Any storekeeper, however, may sell in original, unbroken packages, fungicides and insecticides, including formaldehyde and Paris green, generally used for agricultural purposes which have been designated as such by the state board of pharmacy.
Source: official North Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does North Dakota Century Code § 19-04-01 cover?
Section 19-04-01 ("Selling certain enumerated poisons regulated - Penalty") is part of the North Dakota Century Code, the codified statutory law of North Dakota. 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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