{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-json\/9.1-217.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-text\/9.1-217.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-xml\/9.1-217.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2026\/code-html\/9.1-217.html"}],"law_id":378697,"edition_id":2,"section_id":378697,"structure_id":53813,"section_number":"9.1-217","catch_line":"Application of chapter to certain cigarettes; conflicting local ordinances preempted","history":"2014, cc. 370, 418.","full_text":"A\n\nNothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit any person from manufacturing or selling cigarettes that do not meet the requirements of this chapter if the cigarettes are or will be stamped for sale in another state or sold in North Carolina or South Carolina, or are packaged for sale outside the United States, and that person has taken reasonable steps to ensure that such cigarettes will not be sold or offered for sale to persons located in the Commonwealth.\n\nB\n\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, a locality may neither enact nor enforce any ordinance or other local law or regulation that conflicts with, or is inconsistent with, any provision of this chapter.\n\n","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":1414313,"text":"Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit any person from manufacturing or selling cigarettes that do not meet the requirements of this chapter if the cigarettes are or will be stamped for sale in another state or sold in North Carolina or South Carolina, or are packaged for sale outside the United States, and that person has taken reasonable steps to ensure that such cigarettes will not be sold or offered for sale to persons located in the Commonwealth.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":1414314,"text":"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a locality may neither enact nor enforce any ordinance or other local law or regulation that conflicts with, or is inconsistent with, any provision of this chapter.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A"}},"ancestry":[{"id":53813,"edition_id":2,"name":"Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity","identifier":"2.1","label":"chapter","depth":2,"order_by":3,"parent_id":53785,"metadata":{"child_laws":9,"child_structures":0},"date_created":"2026-08-02 03:22:38","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:28:42","permalink":{"id":1512273,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":53813,"identifier":"2.1","token":"9.1\/2.1","url":"\/9.1\/2.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}},{"id":53785,"edition_id":2,"name":"Commonwealth Public Safety","identifier":"9.1","label":"title","depth":1,"order_by":36,"parent_id":null,"metadata":{"child_laws":258,"child_structures":36},"date_created":"2026-08-02 03:22:17","date_modified":"2026-08-02 12:28:39","permalink":{"id":1511489,"object_type":"structure","relational_id":53785,"identifier":"9.1","token":"9.1","url":"\/9.1\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1}}],"structure_contents":[{"id":378689,"structure_id":53813,"section_number":"9.1-209","catch_line":"Definitions","url":"\/9.1-209\/","token":"9.1\/2.1\/9.1-209","metadata":false},{"id":378690,"structure_id":53813,"section_number":"9.1-210","catch_line":"Testing and certification of cigarettes","url":"\/9.1-210\/","token":"9.1\/2.1\/9.1-210","metadata":false},{"id":378691,"structure_id":53813,"section_number":"9.1-211","catch_line":"Certification of cigarette testing","url":"\/9.1-211\/","token":"9.1\/2.1\/9.1-211","metadata":false},{"id":378692,"structure_id":53813,"section_number":"9.1-212","catch_line":"Marking of cigarettes","url":"\/9.1-212\/","token":"9.1\/2.1\/9.1-212","metadata":false},{"id":378693,"structure_id":53813,"section_number":"9.1-213","catch_line":"Provision of copies of certifications and illustration of the packaging markings; 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This law was first created in 2014. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 370<\/a> and 418<\/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":false,"permalink":{"id":1512307,"object_type":"law","relational_id":378697,"identifier":"9.1-217","token":"9.1\/2.1\/9.1-217","url":"\/9.1-217\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/9.1-217\/","token":"9.1\/2.1\/9.1-217","dublin_core":{"Title":"Application of chapter to certain cigarettes; conflicting local ordinances preempted","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 9.1-217","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit any person from manufacturing or selling cigarettes that do not meet the requirements of this chapter if the cigarettes are or will be stamped for sale in another state or sold in North Carolina or South Carolina, or are packaged for sale outside the United States, and that person has taken reasonable steps to ensure that such cigarettes will not be sold or offered for sale to persons located in the Commonwealth. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Notwithstanding any other provision of law<\/span>, a locality may neither enact nor enforce any ordinance<\/span> or other local law<\/span> or regulation that conflicts with, or is inconsistent with, any provision of this chapter. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nAPPLICATION OF CHAPTER TO CERTAIN CIGARETTES; CONFLICTING LOCAL ORDINANCES\nPREEMPTED (\u00a7 9.1-217)\n\nA. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit any person from\nmanufacturing or selling cigarettes that do not meet the requirements of this\nchapter if the cigarettes are or will be stamped for sale in another state or\nsold in North Carolina or South Carolina, or are packaged for sale outside the\nUnited States, and that person has taken reasonable steps to ensure that such\ncigarettes will not be sold or offered for sale to persons located in the\nCommonwealth.\n\nB. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a locality may neither enact nor\nenforce any ordinance or other local law or regulation that conflicts with, or\nis inconsistent with, any provision of this chapter.\n\nHISTORY: 2014, cc. 370, 418.","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"}}