It shall be unlawful for any person licensed under this chapter to sell, offer for sale, give away, furnish, or otherwise deliver licensed products as follows:
A. To Any Person Under 21 Years of Age. Licensees must verify by means of government-issued photographic identification that the purchaser is at least 21 years of age. It shall be an affirmative defense to the violation of this section for a person to have relied in good faith on proof of age by verification of age as described in Minn. Stat. Sec. 340A.506, subd. 6.
B. By means of any type of vending machine, except as may otherwise be provided in this Chapter.
C. By means of self-service merchandising, as defined in Minn. Stat. Sec. 118.02, whereby the customer is not required to make a verbal or written request to an employee of the licensed premises in order to receive the licensed product and whereby there is not a physical exchange of the licensed product between the licensee, or the licensee’s employee, and the customer.
D. By means of loosies, as defined in § 4-12-2.
E. Containing opium, morphine, jimson weed, bella donna, strychnos, cocaine, marijuana, or other type of deleterious, hallucinogenic, or toxic or controlled substance except nicotine and not naturally found in tobacco or tobacco products.
F. From a moveable place of business, including but not limited to, any motorized vehicle, a kiosk, a trailer, a transportable shelter, or table, or any other movable structure.
G. No person shall sell or offer for sale any liquid, whether or not such liquid contains nicotine, which is intended for human consumption and use in an electronic delivery device, in packaging that is not child-resistant. Upon request, a licensee must provide a copy of the certificate of compliance or full laboratory testing report for the packaging used.
H. No person shall sell or offer to sell licensed products by means of a vending machine unless the vending machine was used and in operation at a retail establishment licensed prior to January 1, 1997.
I. By any other means, or to any other person prohibited by federal, state or other local law, ordinance, provision or other regulation. (Ord. 1457, - -2023)