Oklahoma Attorney General - www.oag.ok.gov
Tobacco Information
Effective January 1, 2010
Title 68 O.S. §360.4 and Title 68 O.S. §360.5 have been amended effective January 1, 2010, to place new requirements upon Tobacco Products Manufacturers. A new law, 68 O.S. §360.5-1, effective January 1, 2010, imposes new obligations upon nonparticipating tobacco product manufacturers located outside the United States and their importers.
Another new law. 68 O.S. §360.9, effective January 1, 2010, places a bonding requirement upon certain tobacco product manufacturers. For full details, see S.B. 608, passed by the Oklahoma Legislature in 2009 and signed by the Governor on June 2, 2009.
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H.B. 2474 was passed by the Oklahoma Legislature and was signed into law on May 6, 2004. Section 360.4 (B) of Title 68, requires the Office of the Attorney General for the State of Oklahoma to publish a directory of cigarette and roll-your-own tobacco products that are approved to be stamped, sold, offered for sale, possessed for sale, or imported for personal consumption within the State of Oklahoma. Any brand family not listed in this directory is considered contraband and is subject to seizure and forfeiture.
The directory lists tobacco products by brand families, which is statutorily defined to mean "all styles of cigarettes or roll-your-own sold under the same trademark and differentiated from one another by means of additional modifiers or descriptors, including, but not limited to, "methol", "lights", "kings", "100s", and includes any brand name alone or in conjunction with any word, trademark, logo, symbol, motto, selling message, recognizable pattern of colors, or any other indicia of product identification identical or similar to or identifiable with, a previously known brand..." Therefore, if a brand family is listed in the directory, then it is permissible for all styles of that brand family to be sold.
The Office of the Attorney General will periodically update the directory as necessary to add or remove a tobacco product manufacturer or brand family.
Oklahoma Fire Safe Directory
All Participating Manufacturers, Subsequent Participating Manufacturers and Non-Participating Manufacturers that sell cigarettes in Oklahoma must be in compliance with the Fire Safety Standard and Firefighter Protection Act, codified at Title 74 O.S. Section 326.1 ("Fire Safe Cigarettes).
The certifications under this Act must be made to the Oklahoma State Fire Marshal's office.
The Oklahoma Fire Safe directory of all cigarettes certified under this Act can be found at:
www.firemar.state.ok.us
List of Certified Tobacco Manufacturers Approved for Sale in 2009
Tobacco Compliant List by Manufacturer
Tobacco Compliant List by Brand Name
Recent List Changes
Forms and Information
2009 Tobacco Product Manufacturer's Certification For Listing Form
Instructions to Certification for Listing
Frequent Questions regarding Oklahoma's Directory
Notice of Appointment of Registered Agent Form
Quarterly Escrow Payments
2009 Quarterly Certification
2008 Quarterly Certification
Frequent Questions regarding Quarterly Escrow Payments
NPM Escrow Certification Forms
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Oklahoma Tobacco Laws
Master Settlement Agreement
Model Escrow Statute 37 O.S. §600.21 et seq.
Statute 68 O.S. §360.1-8
710:70-9-4 Quarterly escrow installments required from certain nonparticipating manufacturers pursuant to the Master Settlement Agreement Complimentary Act