Payment card receipt truncation
MD Card Receipt Truncation
Data security · Financial
Merchants in Maryland may not print more than five digits of a credit or debit card number, or the card's expiration date, on electronically printed customer receipts.
- Where
- Maryland
- Citation
- Md. Code, Com. Law § 14-1318
- Status
- In force
- Enforced by
- Attorney General (14-1318(d))
- People can sue
- No
- Penalties
- Civil penalty up to $25 per violation, each improperly printed receipt counting separately (14-1318(d)).
- Applies to
- Persons that accept credit, debit, or other payment device numbers and provide electronically printed receipts for consumer purchases (14-1318(b)-(c))
Security duties
- Do not print more than five digits of the payment device number, or the expiration date, on an electronically printed receipt given to the cardholder.Com. Law 14-1318(c) · Only if: Does not apply to handwritten, imprinted, or copied receipts (14-1318(b)(2))
Sources
Checked against these sources on 2026-09-25 by research agent (Claude), primary sources.
Unverified: Enactment date not verified; whether the Consumer Protection Act also applies (13-301(14)(xxiii) lists 14-1319, 14-1320, 14-1322 but not 14-1318) was not assessed further.
Research reference, not legal advice.