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Colorado Revised Statutes Title 4. Uniform Commercial Code § 4-3-506. Recording credit card or social security numbers prohibited

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) When payment is made by check or other negotiable instrument, a person shall not record or require the maker of the check to record a credit card or social security number given as identification or proof of creditworthiness.

(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall not prohibit:

(1) The recording of a credit card number when a check or other negotiable instrument is issued to pay the credit card designated by the credit card number.

(2)(i) The recording of a person's social security number on a check or other negotiable instrument issued to pay a student loan.

(ii) For the purposes of this paragraph (2), “student loan” means a loan to finance higher education opportunities that is made, originated, disbursed, guaranteed, or serviced by the department of higher education, collegeinvest, an agency of another state, the federal government, or an institution of higher education, including, but not limited to, a loan that is secured pursuant to part 2 of article 3.1 of title 23, C.R.S., and a loan authorized by title IV, part B of the federal “Higher Education Act of 1965”, as amended.

(3) The recording of a person's social security number on a bonafide loan application.

(c) Subsection (a) of this section shall not prohibit a person from requesting a purchaser of goods or services to display a credit card as indication of creditworthiness or identification if the only information about the credit card that is recorded is the type of credit card and the issuer of the credit card.

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