NRS370.677. Department required to notify wholesale dealer of certain changes to directory of manufacturers and brand families; duties of wholesale dealer upon receiving notice.

      1.  The Department shall notify each wholesale dealer when a manufacturer or brand family is added to or removed from the directory pursuant to NRS 370.675 by sending a notice to the mailing address or electronic mail address of the wholesale dealer provided to the Department pursuant to NRS 370.073.

      2.  A wholesale dealer shall, not later than 7 days after receiving a notice pursuant to subsection 1, provide:

      (a) A copy of the notice to each retail dealer that is a customer of the wholesale dealer; and

      (b) The Department with a list of each retail dealer to which a copy of the notice is provided pursuant to paragraph (a).

      3.  A retail dealer may, not later than 60 days after receiving a copy of a notice pursuant to subsection 2 that a manufacturer or brand family has been removed from the directory pursuant to NRS 370.675, sell any cigarettes in its possession from the manufacturer or of the brand family. The retail dealer shall, at the expiration of the 60-day period, turn over possession of any unsold cigarettes to the Department for disposal in the manner provided in subsection 4 of NRS 370.270.

      4.  A wholesale dealer shall not purchase cigarettes for resale from a manufacturer, or of a brand family, which has been removed from the directory by the Department, or for which the wholesale dealer receives a notice of removal from the Department, until the manufacturer or brand family is reentered in the directory by the Department.

      (Added to NRS by 2013, 2653)