Section 412 - Untaxed merchandise - Surety or bond - TaxA. Every wholesaler who purchases or allows to come into his or her possession any untaxed merchandise coming under the scope of this article shall file with the Oklahoma Tax Commission a surety or collateral or cash bond in the amount of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), payable to the State of Oklahoma and conditioned upon compliance with the provisions of this article and the rules of the Tax Commission.B. Any consumer who purchases or brings into this state untaxed tobacco products whereon the tax would be more than twenty-five cents ($0.25) is subject to the tax thereon. Upon failure to pay the tax levied in this article, the consumer shall be subject to a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) to be deposited in the Tobacco Products Tax Enforcement Unit Revolving Fund created in Section 7 of Enrolled House Bill No. 2292 of the 1st Session of the 58th Oklahoma Legislature. Provided, any person in possession of more than one thousand small or large cigars or two hundred sixteen (216) ounces of smokeless or smoking tobacco in packages or containers for which the tax required by law has not been paid shall be punished by administrative fines in the manner and amounts provided in subsection D of Section 418 of this title.Okla. Stat. tit. 68, § 412
Amended by Laws 2021 , c. 526, s. 5, eff. 7/1/2021.Amended by Laws 2021 , c. 385, s. 15, eff. 7/1/2021.Amended by Laws 2013 , c. 334, s. 1, eff. 7/1/2013.Laws 1965, HB 695, c. 238, § 2, emerg. eff. 6/17/1965; Amended by Laws 2006 , SB 1084, c. 272, § 9, eff. 11/1/2006.