Definitions.
Norfolk City Code § 24-308
in effectSec. 24-308. - Definitions.
(a) Generally. Certain words and phrases, when used in this article, shall, for the purposes of this article, have the meanings ascribed to them by this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning.
(b) Dealer means every manufacturer, jobber, wholesale dealer or other person who supplies a seller with cigarettes.
(c) Package means every package, box, can or other container of any cigarettes, irrespective of the material from which such container is made, to which the internal revenue stamp of the United States government is required or was formerly required to be affixed and in which retail sales of such cigarettes are normally made or intended to be made.
(d) Purchaser means every person to whom title to any cigarettes is transferred by a seller within the corporate limits of the city.
(e) Sale means every act or transaction, irrespective of the method or means employed, including the use of vending machines and other mechanical devices, whereby title to any cigarettes shall be transferred from the seller to any other person within the corporate limits of the city.
(f) Seller means every person who transfers title to any cigarettes, or in whose place of business title to any cigarettes is transferred, within the corporate limits of the city, for any purpose other than resale.
(g) Stamp means a small gummed piece of paper or decalcomania to be sold by the city treasurer and to be affixed to every package of cigarettes sold to retail in the city and also any insignia or symbols printed by a meter machine upon any such package under the authorization of the commissioner of the revenue.
(Ord. No. 25,496, § 1, 5-26-70)
Source: City of Norfolk, Virginia, City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/va/norfolk/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COCI_CH24LITA_ARTXCITA_S24-308DEFetched: 11/1/2026