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Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 505.002

USE OF ZIP CODE TO VERIFY IDENTITY IN CREDIT CARD TRANSACTION

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 4.010(a), eff

(a) A business may require a customer who purchases a good or service from the business using a credit card to provide the customer's zip code to verify the customer's identity as provided by Subsection (b).

(b) A business that obtains a customer's zip code under Subsection (a) may electronically verify with the credit card issuer that the zip code matches any zip code that the credit card issuer has on file for the credit card.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.