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<section article="gtg" article_name="Tax - General" number="12-103" title_number="12" title_name="Tobacco Tax" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions; General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A rebuttable presumption exists that any cigarette or other tobacco product in the State is subject to the tobacco tax.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Cigarettes or other tobacco products are contraband tobacco products if they:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>are possessed or sold in the State in a manner that is not authorized under this title or under Title 16, Title 16.5, or Title 16.9 of the Business Regulation Article; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>are transported by vehicle in the State by a person who does not have, in the vehicle, the records required by § 16–219 or § 16.5–215 of the Business Regulation Article for the transportation of cigarettes or other tobacco products.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person who possesses cigarettes or other tobacco products has the burden of proving that the cigarettes or other tobacco products are not subject to the tobacco tax.</text>
  </level>
</section>
