Merchant category codes.

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IA Code › Title XIII › Chapter 554H › Section 554H.2

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(1) A payment card network shall not require, incentivize, or permit the use of a merchant category code in a manner that distinguishes a firearms retailer from other retailers.

(2) A covered entity, or a covered entity’s agent, shall not assign a firearms retailer a merchant category code that distinguishes the firearms retailer from other retailers.

2024 Acts, ch 1078, §2

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