Benton County, OR Business Licensing & Operations: Tobacco Retail License (2026)

015 makes it a violation for a retailer to sell any tobacco product, a term Chapter 17 defines broadly to include electronic smoking devices such as e-cigarettes and vape pens, without holding a valid county license for each location where sales occur; licenses must be renewed every year by June 30. The section bars issuing a license for a non-fixed location such as a kiosk or vehicle, or for a temporary event like a farmer's market or fair. No license may issue within 1,000 feet of a school, measured from the retail entrance to the school's parcel boundary, or within 1,000 feet of another existing tobacco retailer, though both distance rules exempt retailers already operating lawfully before the ordinance took effect.

025. 060, can levy escalating civil penalties for other violations: $1,000 for a first offense, $2,000 plus a 45-day suspension for a second within 60 months, $3,500 plus revocation for a third, and $5,000 plus revocation for a fourth or later violation. 060(3), separate from that escalating schedule. 070.