{"identifier":"/us/usc/t15/s1666h","title":15,"num":"\u00a7\u202f1666h.","heading":"Offset of cardholder\u2019s indebtedness by issuer of credit card with funds deposited with issuer by cardholder; remedies of creditors under State law not affected","text":"\u00a7\u202f1666h.\nOffset of cardholder\u2019s indebtedness by issuer of credit card with funds deposited with issuer by cardholder; remedies of creditors under State law not affected\n(a)\nOffset against consumer\u2019s funds\nA card issuer may not take any action to offset a cardholder\u2019s indebtedness arising in connection with a consumer credit transaction under the relevant credit card plan against funds of the cardholder held on deposit with the card issuer unless\u2014\n(1) such action was previously authorized in writing by the cardholder in accordance with a credit plan whereby the cardholder agrees periodically to pay debts incurred in his open end credit account by permitting the card issuer periodically to deduct all or a portion of such debt from the cardholder\u2019s deposit account, and\n(2) such action with respect to any outstanding disputed amount not be taken by the card issuer upon request of the cardholder.\nIn the case of any credit card account in existence on the effective date of this section, the previous written authorization referred to in clause (1) shall not be required until the date (after such effective date) when such account is renewed, but in no case later than one year after such effective date. Such written authorization shall be deemed to exist if the card issuer has previously notified the cardholder that the use of his credit card account will subject any funds which the card issuer holds in deposit accounts of such cardholder to offset against any amounts due and payable on his credit card account which have not been paid in accordance with the terms of the agreement between the card issuer and the cardholder.\n(b)\nAttachments and levies\nThis section does not alter or affect the right under State law of a card issuer to attach or otherwise levy upon funds of a cardholder held on deposit with the card issuer if that remedy is constitutionally available to creditors generally.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t15/s1666h.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t15/s1666h","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f1666h."},{"t":"heading","text":"Offset of cardholder\u2019s indebtedness by issuer of credit card with funds deposited with issuer by cardholder; remedies of creditors under State law not affected"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t15/s1666h/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Offset against consumer\u2019s funds"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"A card issuer may not take any action to offset a cardholder\u2019s indebtedness arising in connection with a consumer credit transaction under the relevant credit card plan against funds of the cardholder held on deposit with the card issuer unless\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s1666h/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" such action was previously authorized in writing by the cardholder in accordance with a credit plan whereby the cardholder agrees periodically to pay debts incurred in his open end credit account by permitting the card issuer periodically to deduct all or a portion of such debt from the cardholder\u2019s deposit account, and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t15/s1666h/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" such action with respect to any outstanding disputed amount not be taken by the card issuer upon request of the cardholder.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n\n"},{"t":"continuation","text":"In the case of any credit card account in existence on the effective date of this section, the previous written authorization referred to in clause (1) shall not be required until the date (after such effective date) when such account is renewed, but in no case later than one year after such effective date. Such written authorization shall be deemed to exist if the card issuer has previously notified the cardholder that the use of his credit card account will subject any funds which the card issuer holds in deposit accounts of such cardholder to offset against any amounts due and payable on his credit card account which have not been paid in accordance with the terms of the agreement between the card issuer and the cardholder.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t15/s1666h/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Attachments and levies"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"This section does not alter or affect the right under State law of a card issuer to attach or otherwise levy upon funds of a cardholder held on deposit with the card issuer if that remedy is constitutionally available to creditors generally.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}