Washington and Shipping Laws

[Ash Cooper]

Does anyone on here know if you are allowed to ship tobacco OUT of the state of Washington? I have a friend who wants to mail me some but she isn’t sure if she’s allowed to. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Scottmi]

as a washington stater, I say "Just do it."

 

[Ash Cooper]

as a washington stater, I say "Just do it."

Heard the same thing when I was told to jump off the rocks on the Olympic peninsula into the Devils Punchbowl. Didn’t listen then either. Hahaha

 

[Pipeoff]

Does anyone on here know if you are allowed to ship tobacco OUT of the state of Washington? I have a friend who wants to mail me some but she isn’t sure if she’s allowed to. Any help would be appreciated.

It will require a little white lye when the post master asks if the box contains anything hazardous because the tins are clearly marked.

 

[Ash Cooper]

I never thought of it that way

It will require a little white lye when the post master asks if the box contains anything hazardous because the tins are clearly marked

 

[Sobrbiker]

Heard the same thing when I was told to jump off the rocks on the Olympic peninsula into the Devils Punchbowl. Didn’t listen then either. Hahaha

And yet your poised to take legal advice of unvetted strangers on the internet if it sounds authoritative and plausible…
Well played, left coast

 

[fireground_piper]

read it how you want:

RCW 70.155.140: Shipping or transporting tobacco products ordered or purchased by mail or through the internet prohibited—Penalty.

app.leg.wa.gov

(1) A person may not:
(a) Ship or transport, or cause to be shipped or transported, any tobacco product ordered or purchased by mail or through the internet to anyone in this state other than a licensed wholesaler or retailer

I'm not a lawyer, but it feels like their language is specifically to shipping tobacco to someone into the state. IE - They want their taxes due.

 

[TakeThisCobAndStuffIt]

These laws are intended to address commerce, not gifts between friends and family. It 'might' be against the law for me to send my brother a bottle of scotch for Christmas as it's a different state, but I am certain that the ATF has bigger things to worry about than this. Now if I was to try to pick up a truckload of Coors beer in say Texarkana and try to bring it back that may be considered bootleggin.

 

[pipingfool]

I've shipped quite a bit of pipe tobacco out of WA. But only as gifts/trades.

I've never had any issues, but then again, I've never labeled the boxes with "FRAGILE; AGED PIPE TOBACCO INSIDE".

I know that TinBids will not allow you to list tobacco for sale if your address is a WA address, but that could just be them covering their legal bases.

Your friend should be good to ship it to you, but I am not an attorney and bear no responsibility for confiscated contraband.

 

[PA Piper Mike]

read it how you want:

RCW 70.155.140: Shipping or transporting tobacco products ordered or purchased by mail or through the internet prohibited—Penalty.

app.leg.wa.gov

I'm not a lawyer, but it feels like their language is specifically to shipping tobacco to someone into the state. IE - They want their taxes due.

It DOES say: "any tobacco product ordered or purchased by mail or through the internet..."

And since it was already purchased and this friend is mailing it out of WA...well, the communist State of Washington already got their 10 lbs of flesh.