2023 District of Columbia Code
Title 28 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions. [Enacted title]
Chapter 54 - Cashless Retail Prohibition
§ 28–5402. Prohibited practices
A retailer shall not discriminate against cash as a form of payment for goods or services, including by:
(1) Refusing to accept cash as a form of payment;
(2) Posting signs on the premises that cash payment is not accepted; or
(3) Charging a higher price to consumers who pay cash.
(Mar. 16, 2021, D.C. Law 23-187, § 2(c), 68 DCR 001031.)
ApplicabilitySection 7082 of D.C. Law 25-50 repealed section 3 of D.C. Law 23-187 removing the applicability provision impacting this section. Therefore the creation of this section by section 2(c) of Law 23-187 has been implemented.
Applicability of D.C. Law 23-187: § 3 of D.C. Law 23-187 provided that the creation of this section by § 2(c) of D.C. Law 23-187 is subject to the inclusion of the law’s fiscal effect in an approved budget and financial plan. Therefore that amendment has not been implemented.
