(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), no person that accepts credit cards or debit cards for the transaction of business shall print or cause to be printed more than five (5) digits of the card number or the expiration date upon either the receipt retained by the merchant or the receipt provided to the cardholder at the point of the sale or transaction.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 47-18-126

  • Person: means a natural person, individual, governmental agency, partnership, corporation, trust, estate, incorporated or unincorporated association, and any other legal or commercial entity however organized. See Tennessee Code 47-18-103
(b) This section shall apply only to receipts that are electronically printed, and shall not apply to transactions in which the sole means of recording a credit card or debit card account number is by handwriting or by an imprint or copy of the card.
(c) A violation of this section is an unfair and deceptive trade practice and punished as provided in this part.
(d)

(1) Effective May 13, 2005, this section shall apply to any cash register or other machine or device that electronically prints receipts for credit card or debit card transactions that was first put into use on or after January 1, 2005.
(2) Effective January 1, 2007, this section shall apply to any cash register or other machine or device that electronically prints receipts for credit card or debit card transactions that was in use prior to January 1, 2005.
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