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Do any USA states require accepting US cash for payment of goods or services?
<p>According to the United States Federal Reserve:</p>
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<p>There is no federal statute mandating that a private business, a person, or an organization must accept currency or coins as payment for goods or services. Private businesses are free to develop their own policies on whether to accept cash unless there is a state law that says otherwise.</p>
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<p>Source: <a href="https://www.federalreserve.gov/faqs/currency_12772.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.federalreserve.gov/faqs/currency_12772.htm</a></p>
<p>Are there any states, districts, regions, or territories within the USA that mandate that a private business, a person, or an organization must accept US currency or coins as payment for goods or services?</p>

<p>Not at the level of the state, but businesses subject to King County (WA) jurisdiction will, effective Jan. 1 2025, have to accept cash (within limits: not larger than $20 bill, not more that $200) for in-person transactions. Ad hoc exemptions are allowed in case of significant theft history, business operated at home, or with only one on-site employee.</p>

<p>Yes. In <a href="/questions/tagged/massachusetts" class="post-tag" title="show questions tagged &#39;massachusetts&#39;" aria-label="show questions tagged &#39;massachusetts&#39;" rel="tag" aria-labelledby="tag-massachusetts-tooltip-container">massachusetts</a>, the <a href="https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleIV/Chapter255D/Section10A" rel="nofollow noreferrer">General Law, chapter 255D, section 10A</a> outlaws discrimination against cash buyers by retail (as opposed to wholesale) businesses. The section reads, in full:</p>
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<p>Section 10A. No retail establishment offering goods and services for sale shall discriminate against a cash buyer by requiring the use of credit by a buyer in order to purchase such goods and services. All such retail establishments must accept legal tender when offered as payment by the buyer.</p>
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