Cheyenne, WY Business Licensing & Operations: Tobacco Retail License (2026)
Key Facts
- License fee (per location)
- $65 per year (5.08.240)
- Mobile/foot vending
- prohibited entirely
- Minimum sale age
- 21 years old
- Vending machines
- adults-only premises only
- 1st violation fee
- $100, up to $750 repeat
Summary
Cheyenne requires every vape and nicotine product retailer to hold an annual city license per location under Chapter 5.77: selling without one is a misdemeanor, and mobile or foot-based sales are barred outright.
It shall be unlawful for any person to act as a nicotine products retailer in the city without first obtaining and maintaining a valid nicotine products retailer's license pursuant to this chapter for each location at which nicotine products will be sold. Selling nicotine products without a valid nicotine products retailer's license constitutes a misdemeanor punishable by the general penalty provisions of the Cheyenne Municipal Code.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 73).
Full Breakdown
Cheyenne's Chapter 5.77 treats e-cigarettes and vapor material as nicotine products, requiring any retailer, vape shop, convenience store, gas station, to hold a nicotine products retailer license from the city clerk for each fixed location before selling. The city bars mobile or foot-based vending entirely and restricts vending machines to adults-only premises. Retailers must display the license, post age-21 warning signs at every product display, sell only original manufacturer-packaged product, and keep stock within a cashier's sightline. Repeat violations trigger escalating administrative fees up to $750 and can lead to license suspension or revocation after a public hearing.
Violations & Fines
Selling without a license is a misdemeanor under the general penalty chapter; repeat convictions add administrative fees of $100 to $750 and can trigger license suspension or revocation.
Frequently Asked Questions
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