Legal compliance verification system for consumer products

A method for legal compliance of a consumer product, the method comprising:

• coupling a radio frequency (RF) tag to the consumer product wherein said RF tag is programmed to provide a unique product identifier to a mobile computing device when said RF tag is scanned;
• storing in a database, communicatively coupled to a communications network, a record for each of a plurality of consumer products, wherein each record includes at least a unique product identifier;
• executing an application on a computing device communicatively coupled to the communications network, wherein said application is configured for reading the unique product identifier from the RF tag, and transmitting the unique product identifier to a server via the communications network;
• wherein the server is configured for:
• i) receiving the unique product identifier, via the communications network, from the application;
• ii) accessing a record in the database that corresponds to the unique product identifier;
• iii) transmitting, via the communications network, a request for descriptive information about the consumer product to an importer, a governmental entity, or an application user, and receiving said descriptive information, via the communications network;
• iv) transmitting a request for verification of legal compliance of the consumer product, via the communications network, to a governmental entity and receiving said verification, via the communications network;
• v) transmitting, via the communications network, a request for a consumer product import tax calculation, other tax or governmental fee, and receiving said consumer product import tax calculation, via the communications network;
• vi) transmitting the verification of legal compliance of the consumer product, via the communications network, to a second importer, governmental entity, or application user.