15 USC § 1666e - Notification of credit card issuer by seller of return of goods, etc., by obligor; credit for account of obligor

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s1666e"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "15 USC § 1666e - Notification of credit card issuer by seller of return of goods, etc., by obligor; credit for account of obligor"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "1666e"
section_name: "Notification of credit card issuer by seller of return of goods, etc., by obligor; credit for account of obligor"
chapter_number: 41
chapter_name: "CONSUMER CREDIT PROTECTION"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "CONSUMER CREDIT COST DISCLOSURE"
part_number: "D"
part_name: "Credit Billing"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 90–321, title I, § 166, as added Pub. L. 93–495, title III, § 306, Oct. 28, 1974, 88 Stat. 1514.)"
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# § 1666e. Notification of credit card issuer by seller of return of goods, etc., by obligor; credit for account of obligor

With respect to any sales transaction where a credit card has been used to obtain credit, where the seller is a person other than the card issuer, and where the seller accepts or allows a return of the goods or forgiveness of a debit for services which were the subject of such sale, the seller shall promptly transmit to the credit card issuer, a credit statement with respect thereto and the credit card issuer shall credit the account of the obligor for the amount of the transaction.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 90–321, title I, § 166, as added Pub. L. 93–495, title III, § 306, Oct. 28, 1974, 88 Stat. 1514.)