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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?031+ful+CHAP1010\">1010<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":350513,"section_number":"18.2-246.10","catch_line":"Shipping requirements","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-246.10\/"},{"id":350514,"section_number":"18.2-246.11","catch_line":"Registration and reporting requirements","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-246.11\/"},{"id":350515,"section_number":"18.2-246.12","catch_line":"Collection of taxes","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-246.12\/"},{"id":350525,"section_number":"18.2-246.8","catch_line":"Age verification requirements","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-246.8\/"},{"id":350526,"section_number":"18.2-246.9","catch_line":"Disclosure requirements","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-246.9\/"}],"permalink":{"id":1393001,"object_type":"law","relational_id":350524,"identifier":"18.2-246.7","token":"18.2\/6\/10\/18.2-246.7","url":"\/18.2-246.7\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-246.7\/","token":"18.2\/6\/10\/18.2-246.7","dublin_core":{"Title":"Requirements for delivery sales","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-246.7","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> No person shall make a <span class=\"dictionary\">delivery sale<\/span> of <span class=\"dictionary\">cigarettes<\/span> to any individual who is under the legal minimum purchase age in the Commonwealth. <a id=\"paragraph-1305838\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/18.2-246.7\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> Each person accepting a purchase <span class=\"dictionary\">order<\/span> for a <span class=\"dictionary\">delivery sale<\/span> shall comply with: <a id=\"paragraph-1305839\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/18.2-246.7\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B1\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> The age verification requirements set forth in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Age verification requirements\" href=\"\/18.2-246.8\/\">18.2-246.8<\/a>; <a id=\"paragraph-1305840\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/18.2-246.7\/#B1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B2\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> The disclosure requirements set forth in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Disclosure requirements\" href=\"\/18.2-246.9\/\">18.2-246.9<\/a>; <a id=\"paragraph-1305841\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/18.2-246.7\/#B2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B3\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> The shipping requirements set forth in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Shipping requirements\" href=\"\/18.2-246.10\/\">18.2-246.10<\/a>; <a id=\"paragraph-1305842\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/18.2-246.7\/#B3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B4\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">4.<\/span> The registration and reporting requirements set forth in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Registration and reporting requirements\" href=\"\/18.2-246.11\/\">18.2-246.11<\/a>; <a id=\"paragraph-1305843\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/18.2-246.7\/#B4\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B5\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">5.<\/span> The tax collection requirements set forth in &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Collection of taxes\" href=\"\/18.2-246.12\/\">18.2-246.12<\/a>; and <a id=\"paragraph-1305844\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/18.2-246.7\/#B5\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B6\" class=\"indent-1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">6.<\/span> All other <span class=\"dictionary\">laws<\/span> of the Commonwealth generally applicable to sales of <span class=\"dictionary\">cigarettes<\/span> that occur entirely within the Commonwealth, including, but not limited to, those <span class=\"dictionary\">laws<\/span> imposing: (i) excise taxes, (ii) sales taxes, and (iii) license and revenue-stamping requirements. <a id=\"paragraph-1305845\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/18.2-246.7\/#B6\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nREQUIREMENTS FOR DELIVERY SALES (\u00a7 18.2-246.7)\n\nA. No person shall make a delivery sale of cigarettes to any individual who is\nunder the legal minimum purchase age in the Commonwealth.\n\nB. Each person accepting a purchase order for a delivery sale shall comply with:\n\n   1. The age verification requirements set forth in &#xA7; 18.2-246.8;\n\n   2. The disclosure requirements set forth in &#xA7; 18.2-246.9;\n\n   3. The shipping requirements set forth in &#xA7; 18.2-246.10;\n\n   4. The registration and reporting requirements set forth in &#xA7;\n   18.2-246.11;\n\n   5. The tax collection requirements set forth in &#xA7; 18.2-246.12; and\n\n   6. All other laws of the Commonwealth generally applicable to sales of\n   cigarettes that occur entirely within the Commonwealth, including, but not\n   limited to, those laws imposing: (i) excise taxes, (ii) sales taxes, and (iii)\n   license and revenue-stamping requirements.\n\nHISTORY: 2003, c. 1010.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}