Connecticut Law About Gift Certificates

Connecticut Law About Gift Certificates
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Gift Card Cash Back Laws - 2023-R-0195
List the states that require retailers to return a gift card's remaining cash value to the cardholder, including the statutory maximum amount they must return.
Prepaid Cards - New Federal Rules - 2017-R-0061
Summarize the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new rules regarding prepaid cards.
Pre-Paid Phone Cards - 2009-R-0055
You asked about prepaid phone cards and whether their treatment is affected by our gift card law.
Federal Court Decision on Pre-Paid Gift Cards - 2008-R-0598
You asked how the decision in SPGGC, LLC v. Blumenthal D. Conn. (2006), 408 F. Supp. 2d 87, affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded 505 F. 3d 183, affects Connecticut's law on pre-paid gift cards.
Gift Cards - 2007-R-0208
You asked for a summary of state law on gift cards.
Gift Certificate Laws 2003-R-0043
Gift Certificate Laws in Neighboring States 2003-R-0042

Connecticut General Assembly Office of Legislative Research OLReporter

Federal Law Protects Gift Card Users 12/21/2010 Post

Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection

Gift Certificates and Gift Cards

Connecticut Office of State Treasurer

Connecticut's Gift Card Law

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Gift Cards and Gift Certificates Statutes and Recent Legislation From the National Conference of State Legislatures

Sec. 42-460. Gift certificate subject to expiration date prohibited. Escheats.
Sec. 42-460a. General-use prepaid cards and linked prepaid cards. Restrictions re expiration date. Disclosures.
Sec. 42-461. Gift cards.
Sec. 3-56a. Definitions.
Sec. 3-65b. Assessment of interest penalty for failure to report or deliver abandoned property as required.
Sec. 3-65c. Charge, fee or penalty for inactivity prohibited.
Sec. 3-73a. Excepted property.

Connecticut Public Acts

P. A. 03-1. An Act Concerning Expenditures And Revenue for the Biennium Ending June 30, 2005 (sections 66-84 inclusive).
P.A. 05-189. An Act Concerning The Expiration Of Gift Cards.
P.A. 13-254. An Act Concerning Prepaid Cards

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