7-13-12. Manifest or bill of lading required when transporting
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gasoline.
Every person transporting gasoline from a refinery or pipeline terminal in this state, importing gasoline into this state or exporting gasoline from this state, other than by pipeline or in the fuel supply tanks of motor vehicles, shall carry a manifest or bill of lading in form and content as prescribed by or acceptable to the department. The manifest or bill of lading shall be signed by the consignor and by every person accepting the gasoline or any part of it, with a notation as to the amount accepted.
If a manifest or bill of lading is not required to be carried by the terms of this section, any person transporting gasoline without such a manifest or bill of lading shall, upon demand, furnish proof acceptable to the department that the gasoline so transported was legally acquired by a registered distributor who assumed liability for payment of the tax imposed by the Gasoline Tax Act.
History: 1953 Comp., § 72-27-11, enacted by Laws 1971, ch. 207, § 11; 1983, ch. 204, § 10; 1993, ch. 32, § 9.