California Civil Code

§ 1725

CIV § 1725 Effective Jan 1, 1996Div. 3 · Part 3

Statute text

(a)Unless permitted under subdivision (c), no person accepting a negotiable instrument as payment in full or in part for goods or services sold or leased at retail shall do any of the following:

(1)Require the person paying with a negotiable instrument to provide a credit card as a condition of acceptance of the negotiable instrument, or record the number of the credit card.

(2)Require, as a condition of acceptance of the negotiable instrument, or cause the person paying with a negotiable instrument to sign a statement agreeing to allow his or her credit card to be charged to cover the negotiable instrument if returned as no good.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 458, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1996.