Rule 560-8-2-.01. Application for License - Dealer

1. (1) To be licensed as a dealer of tobacco products, vapor products, or alternative nicotine products each person shall apply to the Commissioner.

   1. (a) Using the Georgia Tax Center, accessible through the Department's website, an individual must apply for a tobacco license. Each dealer's license shall be valid for 12 months beginning the date of issue for the initial license, and the first day of the month of issue for subsequent licenses and shall expire on the last day of the month preceding the month in which the initial license was issued.

2. (2) A dealer's license shall not be issued to:

   1. (a) A person who maintains a warehouse, warehouse personnel, and salespersons who regularly contact and calls on dealers.
   2. (b) A vending machine operator or a vending machine owner of loose tobacco or smokeless tobacco, cigar, little cigar, or cigarette vending machines.
   3. (c) A person who is licensed as a distributor.

Authority: O.C.G.A. §§ 42-2-12, 48-11-4.

History. Original Rule entitled "Brewers Registration" adopted. F. and eff. June 30, 1965.

Repealed: New Rule entitled "Registration Requirements; Labels; Bond" adopted. F. Dec. 30, 1975; eff. Jan. 19, 1976.

Repealed: F. May 5, 1982; eff. May 25, 1982.

Amended: New Rule entitled "Application for License - Dealer" adopted. F. Sept. 26, 2007; eff. Oct. 16, 2007.

Amended: F. May 20, 2013; eff. June 9, 2013.

Amended: F. May 4, 2026; eff. May 24, 2026.