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N.Y. GBS Law § 518-A

This is the official text of N.Y. GBS Law § 518-A, part of New York’s GBS Law — part of the compiled statutory law of New York, published by the state as "GBS Law." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.

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Presentment of social security number as condition for accepting a check, traveler's check, gift certificate, money order or other negoti...

Official statutory text

§ 518-a. Presentment of social security number as condition for\naccepting a check, traveler's check, gift certificate, money order or\nother negotiable instrument in payment of sales transaction prohibited.\n1. No seller in any sales transaction shall record on a check,\ntraveler's check, gift certificate, money order, other negotiable\ninstrument or attachment thereto, a social security number of a buyer in\nsuch transaction as a condition for accepting such instrument as payment\nin such transaction. Nothing contained in this subdivision shall\nprohibit a seller from so recording the identifying number from a\nbuyer's driver's license where such number is identical to or is a part\nof the buyer's social security number.\n 2. A violation of the provisions of this section shall be punishable\nby a civil fine not to exceed one hundred dollars for a first violation\nand not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars for subsequent violations.\n

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