15 USC § 1666g - Tie-in services prohibited for issuance of credit card

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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s1666g"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "15 USC § 1666g - Tie-in services prohibited for issuance of credit card"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "1666g"
section_name: "Tie-in services prohibited for issuance of credit card"
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, § 168, as added Pub. L. 93–495, title III, § 306, Oct. 28, 1974, 88 Stat. 1515.)"
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# § 1666g. Tie-in services prohibited for issuance of credit card

Notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary, a card issuer may not require a seller, as a condition to participating in a credit card plan, to open an account with or procure any other service from the card issuer or its subsidiary or agent.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 90–321, title I, § 168, as added Pub. L. 93–495, title III, § 306, Oct. 28, 1974, 88 Stat. 1515.)