California Codes, Civil Code - CIV, Division 3 — Obligations, Part 4 — Obligations Arising from Particular Transactions, Title 1.4A — Gift Certificates, Section 1749.45
(a) As used in this title, “gift certificate” includes gift cards and electronic gift cards, but does not include any gift card usable with multiple sellers of goods or services, provided the expiration date, if any, is printed on the card. This exemption does not apply to a gift card usable only with affiliated sellers of goods or services.
(b) Nothing in this title prohibits those fees or practices expressly permitted by Section 17538.9 of the Business and Professions Code with respect to a prepaid calling card, as defined in that section, that is issued solely to provide an access number and authorization code for prepaid calling services.
Notes
Defines gift certificate to include gift cards and electronic gift cards, but generally excludes cards usable with multiple unaffiliated sellers if any expiration date is printed on the card. The exclusion does not cover cards limited to affiliated sellers, and expressly permitted prepaid-calling-card fees and practices remain outside the title’s prohibitions.
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