1. U.S. Code
  2. title 15
  3. chapter 41
  4. subchapter I
  5. part B
  6. § 1642

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§ 1642. Issuance of credit cards

No credit card shall be issued except in response to a request or application therefor. This prohibition does not apply to the issuance of a credit card in renewal of, or in substitution for, an accepted credit card.

(Pub. L. 90–321, title I, § 132, as added Pub. L. 91–508, title V, § 502(a), Oct. 26, 1970, 84 Stat. 1126.)

CITE AS: 15 USC 1642