27 CFR § 45.44 - Notice for cigars.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t27/s45.44"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "27 CFR § 45.44 - Notice for cigars."
title_number: 27
title_name: "Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms"
section_number: "45.44"
section_name: "Notice for cigars."
chapter_name: "ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "TOBACCO"
part_number: "45"
part_name: "REMOVAL OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND CIGARETTE PAPERS AND TUBES, WITHOUT PAYMENT OF TAX, FOR USE OF THE UNITED STATES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "26 U.S.C. 5702-5705, 5723, 5741, 5751, 5762, 5763, 6109, 6313, 7212, 7342, 7606, 7805; 44 U.S.C. 3504(h)."
regulatory_source: "Redesignated by T.D. ATF-469, 66 FR 56758, Nov. 13, 2001."
cfr_part: "45"
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# 45.44 Notice for cigars.

Before removal under this part, every package of cigars shall have adequately imprinted on it, or on a label securely affixed to it—

(a) The designation “cigars”;

(b) The quantity of cigars contained in the package; and

(c) For small cigars, the classification of the product for tax purposes (i.e., either “small” or “little”).

(Sec. 202, Pub. L. 85-859, 72 Stat. 1422 (26 U.S.C. 5723))

[T.D. ATF-80, 46 FR 18312, Mar. 24, 1981]