17750. “Trading stamp” means any stamp or similar device issued in connection with the retail sale of merchandise or service, as a cash discount, or for any other marketing purpose, that entitles the rightful holder, on its due presentation for redemption, to receive merchandise, service, or cash. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 310, […]
17751. “Trading stamp” also means any stamp or similar device issued as a gift or as a consideration in any transaction other than in connection with the retail sale of merchandise or service, by a trading stamp company that also issues those devices in connection with the retail sale of merchandise or service, as a […]
17752. “Trading stamp” does not include any redeemable device used by the manufacturer or packer of an article, in advertising or selling the article, or any redeemable device issued and redeemed by a newspaper, magazine, or other publication. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 310, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
17753. “Trading stamp” does not include any coupon, ticket, certificate, card, or other similar device prepared by a merchant using that device and distributed by the merchant to his or her customers, if the device is redeemable only by that merchant for, or in connection with, the purchase of specific articles of merchandise carried in […]
17754. The Legislature finds and declares that the devices described in Sections 17752, 17753, and 17760 are not employed in connection with improper activities of irresponsible trading stamp companies. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 310, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
17755. “Trading stamp company” means any person engaged in any manner in distributing trading stamps for retail issuance by others or in redeeming trading stamps for retailers. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 310, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
17756. “Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association, or other organization. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 310, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
17757. “Organization” means any partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or association. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 310, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
17758. “Issue” includes use, distribute, give away, sell, furnish, and licensing that use, distribution, gift, sale or furnishing. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 310, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
17759. “Merchant” includes retailer, person dealing in services, or person in a similar capacity. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 310, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
17760. The provisions of this chapter do not apply to nonprofit merchant organizations that guarantee redemption of trading stamps that are exclusively issued and redeemed by that organization or its members and where all of those members have jointly and severally assumed liability for all stamps so issued and where the redemption is from stock […]
17761. It is unlawful for any person to issue any trading stamp unless the stamp has imprinted on it both of the following: (a) The name of the trading stamp company that is responsible for the redemption of the stamp. (b) The redeemable value of the stamp in cents, mills, or fraction of cents. (Repealed and added […]
17762. Any trading stamp company shall redeem upon presentation any trading stamp that it has issued, either in merchandise, service, or cash, at the option of the rightful holder. However, if the trading stamp company only offers to redeem the trading stamp in cash, the rightful holder of the trading stamp shall not have the […]
17763. It is unlawful for any person to willfully issue or redeem any trading stamp without the consent of the trading stamp company that issued the stamp. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 310, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
17764. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit any person from redeeming, pursuant to contract, any trading stamps issued on or before December 31, 1997. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 310, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
17765. Any person who advertises the giving of trading stamps, or who gives trading stamps, with the sale of any merchandise or service, shall give those stamps, if the purchaser requests them, with the sale of all items of merchandise or service offered for sale at his or her place of business, unless that person […]
17766. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring the giving of trading stamps with any sale of merchandise or service when the giving of those stamps or any premium with the particular merchandise or service is specifically prohibited by law or regulation. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 310, Sec. 2. Effective […]
17767. If a trading stamp company fails to redeem any of its trading stamps, any rightful holder of those stamps may bring a civil action for damages within three years of the failure to redeem. (Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 310, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1998.)
17768. Any merchant who has issued to his or her customers or other persons the trading stamps of any trading stamp company subject to this chapter, and who proposes to discontinue the issuance of the stamps of that company for any reason, shall post a notice in at least 18-point type at every location in […]
17769. No trading stamp company shall cease issuing trading stamps unless it gives written notice at least 90 days prior to that cessation to each merchant that has at any time within one year issued trading stamps that the company is obligated to redeem. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 310, Sec. 2. Effective […]
