# Connecticut — Gift card expiration, fee and cash-redemption rules by state

For Connecticut, expiration rule is No gift certificate or any agreement with respect to such gift certificate may contain language suggesting that an expiration date may apply to the gift certificate; dormancy/service fee rule is no state fee restriction stated in this section (federal floor applies); cash redemption threshold is none; covered instruments is gift certificate, as defined in section 3-56a; statute citation is Conn. Gen. Stat. § 42-460, recorded from its source on 2026-08-18.

- **State:** Connecticut _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Expiration rule:** No gift certificate or any agreement with respect to such gift certificate may contain language suggesting that an expiration date may apply to the gift certificate _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Dormancy/service fee rule:** no state fee restriction stated in this section (federal floor applies) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Cash redemption threshold:** none _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Covered instruments:** gift certificate, as defined in section 3-56a _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statute citation:** Conn. Gen. Stat. § 42-460 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> that is subject to an expiration date. No gift certificate or any agreement with respect to such gift certificate may contain language suggesting that an expiration date may apply to the gift certificate. (b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a holder from honoring a gift certificate, the unredeemed value of which has been reported to the Treasurer pursuant to part III of chapter 32, 1 and thereafter seeking reimbursement from the Treasurer.

## Source

- https://codes.findlaw.com/ct/title-42-business-selling-trading-and-collection-practices/ct-gen-st-sect-42-460/

Last verified: 2026-08-18. Review by: 2027-08-18.
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