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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>370910</law_id><section_number>58.1-1021</section_number><catch_line>Documents touching purchase, sale, etc., of cigarettes to be kept for three years, subject to inspection; penalty</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="125" identifier="58.1">Taxation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="I">Taxes Administered by the Department of Taxation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="6" identifier="10">Cigarette Tax</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="2" identifier="2">Use Tax</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>It shall be the duty of every person storing, using or otherwise consuming in this Commonwealth <span class="dictionary">cigarettes</span> subject to the provisions of this article to keep and preserve all invoices, books, papers, cancelled checks, or other memoranda touching the purchase, sale, exchange, receipt, ownership, <span class="dictionary">storage</span>, <span class="dictionary">use</span> or other consumption of such <span class="dictionary">cigarettes</span> for a period of three years. All such invoices, books, papers, cancelled checks, or other memoranda shall be subject to audit and inspection by any duly authorized representative of the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> at any reasonable time. Any person who fails or refuses to keep and preserve the records as herein required shall be guilty of a Class 2 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. Any person who fails or refuses to allow an audit or inspection of the records as herein provided, shall be assessed a <span class="dictionary">penalty</span> of $1,000 for each day he fails or refuses to allow an audit or inspection of the records, to be assessed and collected by the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> as other taxes are collected.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 58-757.22; 1960, c. 392, &#xA7; 22; 1984, c. 675; 2005, c. 28.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
