N.Y. General Business Law Section 518-A
Presentment of social security number as condition for accepting a check, traveler’s check, gift certificate, money order or other negoti...


§ 518-a. Presentment of social security number as condition for accepting a check, traveler’s check, gift certificate, money order or other negotiable instrument in payment of sales transaction prohibited.

1.

No seller in any sales transaction shall record on a check, traveler’s check, gift certificate, money order, other negotiable instrument or attachment thereto, a social security number of a buyer in such transaction as a condition for accepting such instrument as payment in such transaction. Nothing contained in this subdivision shall prohibit a seller from so recording the identifying number from a buyer’s driver’s license where such number is identical to or is a part of the buyer’s social security number.

2.

A violation of the provisions of this section shall be punishable by a civil fine not to exceed one hundred dollars for a first violation and not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars for subsequent violations.

Source: Section 518-A — Presentment of social security number as condition for accepting a check, traveler's check, gift certificate, money order or other negoti..., https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/GBS/518-A (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Apr. 27, 2024).

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Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 518-A’s source at nysenate​.gov

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