N.Y. General Business Law § 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.