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Rating
What we like:
- Iowa has legally defined the notion of a gift card
- Iowa has legally specified whether or not gift cards escheat to the state
What could be better:
- No limits on expiration dates
- No maximum post-sale fee or minimum time frame before charging monthly fees
- Merchants are not required to give cash back
- Value will escheat to state after 3 years
- Iowa does not maintain a consumer-centric web page dedicated to gift card laws
Heads up! ScripSmart attempts to make all information accurate. ScripSmart is only a guideline and does not provide definitive statements of the law. If you have questions about the law's application to a particular case, direct them to a specialist.
Report an errorGood to know for Iowa residents:
Post sale fees may be charged only if a “valid and enforceable written contract exists between the issuer and the owner of the gift certificate”.
Iowa Attorney General Information
| Attorney General: Tom Miller (D) |
| consumer@ag.state.ia.us |
| Phone: 1-515-281-5164 |
| http://www.IowaAttorneyGeneral.org |
Helpful Links:
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Iowa's Definition of a Gift Card/Gift Certificate http://www.legis.state.ia.us/IACOD... |
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Detail of Iowa's Gift Card Escheatment Law
http://www.legis.state.ia.us/IACOD... |
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Detail of Iowa's Gift Card Fees Law
http://www.legis.state.ia.us/IACOD... |
