Rothschild, WI Business Licensing & Operations: Tobacco Retail License (2026)

Chapter 258 governs retail tobacco sales in Rothschild by folding Wisconsin's licensing statute straight into the Village Code. Section 258-1 states that the license for selling cigarettes and tobacco products shall be governed by the provisions of § 134.65, Wis. Stats., which is adopted by reference into the Code as if fully set forth, and that any future amendment to the state statute automatically becomes part of the Village's own rule. That statute is titled "Cigarette, electronic vaping devices, and tobacco products retailer license" in the Wisconsin Statutes, so the license Rothschild requires reaches vapor and e-cigarette retailers under the same umbrella as cigarette and tobacco sellers, not cigarettes alone.

Two local details sit on top of the adopted state framework. First, the annual license fee is not fixed by the statute; the Village Board sets it, so retailers should check the current Village fee schedule rather than assume a statewide number. Second, every license Rothschild issues expires at 12:00 midnight on the last day of June each year, giving retailers a single Village-set renewal date rather than a rolling one tied to the date of issuance.

The Village layers two more adopted-by-reference protections on top of the retailer license: § 258-2 incorporates the state's restrictions on purchase and possession of tobacco products by minors, and § 258-3 incorporates the state's restrictions on the sale or gift of cigarettes and tobacco products, both amended automatically whenever Wisconsin updates the underlying statute.