OLR Research Reports from the Connecticut Office of Legislative Research:

• Prepaid Cards — New Federal Rules - 2017-R-0061
  Summarize the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new rules regarding prepaid cards.

• States that Provide Cash Refunds for Gift Card Balances - 2015-R-0095
  Which states require retailers to return a gift card's remaining cash value to the cardholder? What is the maximum statutory amount they must return?

• Pre-Paid Phone Cards - 2009-R-0055
  You asked about prepaid phone cards and whether their treatment is affected by our gift card law.

• Federal Court Decision on Pre-Paid Gift Cards - 2008-R-0598
  You asked how the decision in SPGGC, LLC v. Blumenthal D. Conn. (2006), 408 F. Supp. 2d 87, affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded 505 F. 3d 183, affects Connecticut's law on pre-paid gift cards.

• Gift Cards - 2007-R-0208
  You asked for a summary of state law on gift cards.

• Gift Certificate Laws 2003-R-0043
• Gift Certificate Laws in Neighboring States 2003-R-0042

Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection

• Gift Certificates and Gift Cards

Connecticut Office of State Treasurer

• Connecticut's Gift Card Law
   

• State Gift Card Consumer Protection Laws From Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports.
• Gift Cards and Gift Certificates Statutes and Recent Legislation From the National Conference of State Legislatures