{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-general-business-law-518-a","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. General Business Law § 518-a","heading":"Presentment of social security number as condition for accepting a check, traveler's check, gift certificate, money order or other negoti...","body":"§ 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.","path":["General Business Law","Article 29-A. Unauthorized or Improper Use of Credit Cards and Debit Cards"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/GBS/518-A","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"daa271aa472a327e112b160ad0e464892c4d034e135e816c97ce048b9440bbe6","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-general-business-law-518","next":"us-ny/n.y.-general-business-law-519"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}