# Idaho Code § 39-5703: 39-5703 POSSESSION, DISTRIBUTION, OR USE BY A MINOR

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## Section

- **Citation:** Idaho Code § 39-5703
- **Heading:** 39-5703 POSSESSION, DISTRIBUTION, OR USE BY A MINOR
- **Jurisdiction:** Idaho
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Idaho Code / Title 39 / Chapter 57 / Section 39-5703

## Text

39-5703. Possession, distribution, or use by a minor. (1) It shall be unlawful for a minor to possess, receive, purchase, use, or consume tobacco products or electronic smoking devices or to attempt any of the foregoing.

(2) It shall be unlawful for a minor to sell or distribute tobacco products or electronic smoking devices or to attempt either of the foregoing.

(3) It shall be unlawful for a minor to provide false identification or make any false statement regarding their age in an attempt to obtain tobacco products or electronic smoking devices.

(4) A minor who is assisting with a random unannounced inspection in accordance with this chapter shall not be in violation of this chapter.

(5) A minor may possess but not sell or distribute tobacco products or electronic smoking devices in the course of employment, for duties such as stocking shelves or carrying purchases to customers' vehicles.

(6) Penalties for violations by a minor. A violation of subsection (1) of this section by a minor shall constitute an infraction and shall be punishable by a fine of seventeen dollars and fifty cents ($17.50). The first violation of subsection (2) or (3) of this section by a minor shall constitute an infraction and shall be punishable by a fine of two hundred dollars ($200). A subsequent violation of subsection (2) or (3) of this section by a minor shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by imprisonment in an appropriate facility not exceeding thirty (30) days, a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars ($300), or both such fine and imprisonment. The court may, in addition to the penalties provided in this section, require the minor and, if the minor is under eighteen (18) years of age, the minor's parents or legal guardian to attend tobacco product or electronic smoking device awareness programs or to perform community service in programs related to tobacco product or electronic smoking device awareness.

History:

[39-5703, added 1998, ch. 418, sec. 2, p. 1317; am. 2012, ch. 39, sec. 2, p. 119; am. 2015, ch. 158, sec. 1, p. 553; am. 2020, ch. 318, sec. 3, p. 908; am. 2022, ch. 113, sec. 2, p. 418.]

## Nearby sections

- [Idaho Code § 39-5701 39-5701 LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C57_S39-5701.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-5702 39-5702 DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C57_S39-5702.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-5703 39-5703 POSSESSION, DISTRIBUTION, OR USE BY A MINOR.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C57_S39-5703.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-5704 39-5704 PERMITTING OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS OR ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICES RETAILERS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C57_S39-5704.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-5705 39-5705 SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS OR ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICES TO A MINOR.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C57_S39-5705.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-5706 39-5706 VENDOR-ASSISTED SALES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C57_S39-5706.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-5707 39-5707 OPENED PACKAGES AND SAMPLES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C57_S39-5707.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-5708 39-5708 CIVIL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF PERMIT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C57_S39-5708.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-5709 39-5709 CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS WITHOUT A PERMIT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C57_S39-5709.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-5710 39-5710 CONDUCT OF ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C57_S39-5710.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-5711 39-5711 FUNDING AND CREATION OF PREVENTION OF MINORS' ACCESS TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS OR ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICES FUND.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C57_S39-5711.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-5713 39-5713 LOCAL ORDINANCES PROHIBITED.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C57_S39-5713.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-5714 39-5714 REQUIREMENTS FOR DELIVERY SALES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C57_S39-5714.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-5715 39-5715 AGE VERIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C57_S39-5715.md)

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