10-50-35. Unstamped cigarettes as contraband--Seizure without warrant.

Any cigarettes found at any place in this state without stamps affixed thereto as required by this chapter unless the cigarettes are in the possession of a licensed distributor or wholesaler in the original unopened shipping package or unless they are in a course of transit from without this state and consigned to a licensed distributor or a licensed wholesaler, are declared to be contraband goods and may be seized by the secretary, the secretary's agents, or employees, or by any law enforcement of this state if directed by the secretary to do so, without a warrant.