No person, or any representative thereof, shall distribute any credit card to any person, association, corporation, partnership, or any representative thereof, within this State unless such credit card shall have been requested or unless the issuer shall have given at least 14 days notice of intention to issue such card. The notice shall also include a conspicuous legend that the prospective holder has the right to refuse the credit card and shall be accompanied by a postage prepaid, preaddressed envelope or card upon which the prospective holder may indicate such refusal. Use of the credit card by the intended recipient shall constitute acceptance, but there shall be no liability by the intended recipient prior to the use of same. This subchapter shall not apply to the issuance of renewal or substitute cards.

6 Del. C. 1953, § ?2542; 57 Del. Laws, c. 390; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1;

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Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 2542

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Credit card: means any card or document entitling its holder to obtain any goods or services by the production of the card or document, and entitling its holder to tender payment for such goods and services at a later date. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 2541
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means a natural person, partnership (whether general or limited), limited liability company, trust (including a common law trust, business trust, statutory trust, voting trust or any other form of trust), estate, association (including any group, organization, co-tenancy, plan, board, council or committee), corporation, government (including a country, state, county or any other governmental subdivision, agency or instrumentality), custodian, nominee or any other individual or entity (or series thereof) in its own or any representative capacity, in each case, whether domestic or foreign. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 17-101
  • State: means the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any state, territory, possession, or other jurisdiction of the United States other than the State of Delaware. See Delaware Code Title 6 Sec. 17-101