149.076.
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149.076. Failure to make or falsification of required return or refusal to permit inspection of records prohibited — false report or application a felony, penalty. — 1. No manufacturer, wholesaler or retailer shall fail or refuse to make any return required by the director, or refuse to permit the director or his or her duly authorized representatives to examine records, papers, files and equipment pertaining to the person's business made taxable by this chapter. No person shall make an incomplete, false or fraudulent return under this chapter, or attempt to do anything to evade full disclosure of the facts or to avoid the payment in whole or in part of the tax or interest due.
2. Any person who files a false report or application or makes a false entry in any record relating to the purchase and sale of cigarettes shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment by the state department of corrections for a term of not less than two years nor more than five years.
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(L. 1974 H.B. 1612 § 14, A.L. 2021 S.B. 26 merged with S.B. 53 & 60)