South Dakota § 34-46-2.2 - Merchants--Notice requirement--Contents.
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§ 34-46-2.2. Merchants--Notice requirement--Contents.
A merchant shall conspicuously post a notice, on the merchant's premises, stating that "No person under the age of 21 may be sold tobacco products."
Any owner, lessee, or person having control of any cigarette vending machine shall post, in a conspicuous place on each machine in use within the state, a warning which shall be printed in bold type letters each of which shall be at least one-half inch high and which shall be kept in easily legible form and repair stating:
"Any person under 21 years of age is forbidden by law to purchase cigarettes from this machine."
Source: SL 2000, ch 185, § 4; SL 2020, ch 148, § 2.
Effective January 1, 2027
34-46-2.2. Merchants--Notice requirement--Contents--Vending machines--License displayed.
Except as otherwise provided in this section, a merchant shall conspicuously post a notice, on the merchant's premises, stating in text at least one inch in height, that no person under the age of twenty-one may be sold nicotine products, as defined in § 10-50E-1.
For purposes of this section, the notice may be displayed electronically on a vending machine.
Adjacent to the sign, the licensee shall display a valid license issued under this chapter. A vending machine constitutes the point of sale for nicotine products sold from the vending machine.
Source: SL 2000, ch 185, § 4; SL 2020, ch 148, § 2; SL 2026, ch 54, § 20, eff. Jan. 1, 2027.
Source: official South Dakota text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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