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title: "15 U.S.C. § 1666g"
description: "Tie-in services prohibited for issuance of credit card"
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title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
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chapter_name: "CONSUMER CREDIT PROTECTION"
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# 15 U.S.C. § 1666g - Tie-in services prohibited for issuance of credit card

## Text

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.

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