N.Y. GBS. LAW § 518-a : NY Code - Section 518-A: Presentment of social security number as condition for accepting a check, traveler's check, gift certificate, money order or other negotiable instrument in payment of sales transaction prohibited

Search N.Y. GBS. LAW § 518-a : NY Code - Section 518-A: Presentment of social security number as condition for accepting a check, traveler's check, gift certificate, money order or other negotiable instrument in payment of sales transaction prohibited

1. No  seller  in  any  sales  transaction  shall  record  on  a  check,
  traveler's  check,  gift  certificate,  money  order,  other  negotiable
  instrument or attachment thereto, a social security number of a buyer in
  such transaction as a condition for accepting such instrument as payment
  in  such  transaction.  Nothing  contained  in  this  subdivision  shall
  prohibit  a  seller  from  so  recording  the  identifying number from a
  buyer's driver's license where such number is identical to or is a  part
  of the buyer's social security number.
    2.  A  violation of the provisions of this section shall be punishable
  by a civil fine not to exceed one hundred dollars for a first  violation
  and not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars for subsequent violations.