State Laws Protecting Your Gift Cards/Dormancy Laws

[mama22qts]

(credit to HCM)

Please note that some of these states that don't currently have laws on the books have legislation pending, and that there is more detailed information about Gift Card/Certificate laws on your state's government pages, usually to be found housed in your state Attorney General's office, or Dept. of Consumer Affairs if your state has one.

Additionally noteworthy, if your GC does expire, in most states, the state can claim the GC balance as unclaimed property. You can go to your state's unclaimed property office (which you can find by looking up at www.unclaimed.org) and if you have the card in hand, go to the state to see if they have claimed the balance from the retailer or service provider from whom the card was purchased.

Know your state laws, and don't get hosed buying, selling, or trading GCs. This thread is meant to provide an overview of your state's laws, and might not have included the nit-noid details of your state's laws. Individual circumstances might apply to your situation with redemption of GCs. We will update this thread as new information can be researched or comes available with passage of new or revised state statutes.

Aug 2008

[server18]

Thank-You!! Good to know as we have a gc that they said was expired. I'll have to check it out.