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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="14-1318" title_number="14" title_name="Miscellaneous Consumer Protection Provisions" subtitle_number="13" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section, “payment device number” means any code, account number, or other means of account access, other than a check, draft, or similar paper instrument, that can be used to obtain money, goods, services, or anything of value, or for purposes of initiating a transfer of funds.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Payment device number” includes a credit card number and a debit card number.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>This section applies only to receipts that are electronically printed in connection with the purchase of consumer goods or consumer services.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>This section does not apply to receipts where the sole means of recording the payment device number is by handwriting, imprinting, or copying the payment device.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person that accepts a payment device number for the transaction of business may not print more than five digits of the payment device number or the expiration date of the payment device on a receipt that is provided to the holder of the payment device at the point of sale or transaction or retained by the person.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Attorney General may initiate a civil action against a person that violates this section to recover for the State a civil penalty not exceeding $25 for each violation.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For the purposes of this section, each instance in which a payment device number or expiration date is printed when prohibited by this section is a separate violation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
