63.14.123 - Restrictions on electronically printed credit and debit card receipts. - Washington Statutes

Restrictions on electronically printed credit and debit card receipts.

(1) A retailer shall not print more than the last five digits of the card account number or print the card expiration date on a credit or debit card receipt. This includes all receipts kept by the person or provided to the cardholder.

     (2) This section shall apply only to receipts that are electronically printed and shall not apply to transactions in which the:

     (a) Sole means of recording the card number is by handwriting or by an imprint or copy of the credit or debit card; or

     (b) Retailer processes the transaction electronically but also takes additional manual measures for the purpose of ensuring that the card is not being used fraudulently, including measures the retailer is contractually obligated to take in connection with its acceptance of credit or debit cards.

     (3) For the purposes of this section:

     (a) "Credit card" means a card or device existing for the purpose of obtaining money, property, labor, or services on credit.

     (b) "Debit card" means a card or device used to obtain money, property, labor, or services by a transaction that debits a cardholder's account, rather than extending credit.

[2009 c 382 § 2; 2000 c 163 § 2.]

Notes: Severability--Effective date -- 2000 c 163: See RCW 19.200.900 and 19.200.901.