- A merchant who accepts a payment card for the transaction of business shall not print more than five digits of the payment card’s account number or print the payment card’s expiration date on a receipt provided to the cardholder. This subsection applies only to receipts described in subsection (b) of this Code section and does not apply to a transaction in which the sole means of recording the payment card’s account number or expiration date is by handwriting or by an imprint or copy of the payment card.
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- Effective July 1, 2004, subsection (a) of this Code section applies to receipts that are electronically transferred by a payment card processor and printed using a cash register or other machine or device that is first used on or after July 1, 2004.
- Effective July 1, 2006, subsection (a) of this Code section applies to all receipts that are electronically transferred by a payment card processor and printed, including those printed using a cash register or other machine or device that is first used before July 1, 2004.
History. Code 1981, § 10-15-4 , enacted by Ga. L. 2002, p. 551, § 8; Ga. L. 2003, p. 339, § 2; Code 1981, § 10-15-3 , as redesignated by Ga. L. 2003, p. 140, § 10; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1088, § 11/SB 148.
Code Commission notes.
The amendment of this Code section by Ga. L. 2003, p. 140, § 10, irreconcilably conflicted with and was treated as superseded by Ga. L. 2003, p. 339, § 2. See County of Butts v. Strahan, 151 Ga. 417 (1921).
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 2015, p. 1088, § 11/SB 148, effective July 1, 2015, reenacted this Code section without change.