Iowa Code § 537.8101

Provision of credit card number as condition of check cashing or acceptance
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prohibited. 1. Provision of credit card number or expiration date not required. A person shall not require as a condition of acceptance of a check or share draft, or as a means of identification, that the person presenting the check provide a credit card number or expiration date, or both. 2. Recording of credit card number or expiration date, simple misdemeanor. Recording a credit card number or expiration date, or both, in connection with a sale of goods or services inwhich the purchaser pays by check or share draft, or in connection with the acceptance of a check or share draft, is a simple misdemeanor. 3. Display without recordation permissible condition. This section does not prohibit a person from requesting a purchaser to display acredit cardas indicia of credit worthiness and financial responsibility or as additional identification, but the only information concerning a credit card which may be recorded is the type of credit card so displayed and the issuer of the credit card. This section does not require acceptance of a check or share draft whether or not a credit card is presented. 4. Provision of credit card number or expiration date in lieuof deposit. This section does not prohibit a person from requesting or receiving a credit card number or expiration date and recording the number or date, or both in lieu of a deposit to secure payment in event of default, loss, damage, or other occurrence.

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