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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="14-1320" title_number="14" title_name="Miscellaneous Consumer Protection Provisions" subtitle_number="13" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section applies to a gift card that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Is processed through a national credit or debit card service; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>May be used to purchase goods or services from multiple unaffiliated sellers of goods and services.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A gift card may be subject to expiration or a postsale fee, including a service fee, dormancy fee, account maintenance fee, cash-out fee, gift card replacement fee, activation fee, or reactivation fee, if the following disclosures are printed clearly in a visible place on the front or back of the gift card in at least 10 point type:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>With respect to the expiration date, the date on which the gift card expires; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>With respect to a postsale fee:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The amount of the fee;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The circumstances under which the fee will be imposed;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The frequency with which the fee will be imposed; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Whether the fee is triggered by inactivity.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>If the disclosures required under subsection (b) of this section are hidden by the packaging of the gift card, the seller or issuer shall give the purchaser a written statement of the disclosures before the gift card is sold or issued.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>In addition to printing the information required under subsection (b) of this section on a gift card:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>If a gift card is sold or issued by electronic means, the seller or issuer shall include a conspicuous written statement of the information in the electronic message offering the gift card; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If a gift card is sold or issued by telephonic means, the seller or issuer, before the gift card is sold, shall state the information to the purchaser.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Unless the change benefits the consumer, a term or condition disclosed under subsection (b) of this section may not be changed after the date of purchase or issuance.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>A violation of any provision of this section:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Is an unfair or deceptive trade practice within the meaning of Title 13 of this article; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Is subject to the enforcement and penalty provisions contained in Title 13 of this article, except § 13-411 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
