PATRON DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS AND CREDIT

SJ-MC tit. 16, ch. 16.10

in effect

San José Municipal Code § 16.10.010 Blank personal checks prohibited.

16.10.010 - Blank personal checks prohibited. A. No cardroom permittee, owner, licensee, or employee shall hold or cash any personal check or other negotiable instrument that does not state the amount on the face of the check or other negotiable instrument or hold a personal check for a patron for more than twenty-four hours and then redeem it for cash, chips or any other thing of value. B. No funding source, funding source owner, funded player, or funding source employee shall hold or cash any personal check or other negotiable instrument for or on behalf of a patron. (Ord. 28517.)

San José Municipal Code § 16.10.020 Credit prohibited.

16.10.020 - Credit prohibited. A. No cardroom permittee, owner, licensee, or employee shall provide loans or credit of currency, checks or any other thing of value or any representation of value to or for the benefit of any patron. B. No cardroom permittee, owner, licensee, or employee shall operate, maintain or purport to maintain any credit system whereby any patron may obtain loans or credit of currency, checks or other negotiable instruments, or any other thing of value or any representation of value. C. No funding source, funding source owner, funded player, or funding source employee shall provide loans or credit of currency, checks or any other thing of value or any representation of value to or for the benefit of any patron. D. No funding source, funding source owner, funded player, or funding source employee shall operate, maintain or purport to maintain any credit system whereby any patron may obtain loans or credit of currency, checks or other negotiable instruments, or any other thing of value or any representation of value. (Ord. 28517.)

San José Municipal Code § 16.10.030 Prohibition on credit and loans on premises.

16.10.030 - Prohibition on credit and loans on premises. A. It shall be unlawful for any person or entity to seek, obtain, provide, or offer any loan or credit of: (i) currency, (ii) checks or other negotiable instruments, or (iii) any other thing of value or any representation of value, including gaming chips, on the cardroom premises for use in gambling at the cardroom, except as provided in Subsection B. B. Subject to approval by the administrator, cardroom permittees may have automatic teller machines for use by patrons and employees on the cardroom premises. (Ord. 28517.)

San José Municipal Code § 16.10.040 Patron deposit accounts.

16.10.040 - Patron deposit accounts. A. Subject to the approval of the administrator, cardroom permittees shall be allowed to establish patron deposit accounts for the purpose of providing safekeeping of patron money provided that all of the following conditions are met: 1. The accounts shall be used solely for: a. The safekeeping of currency and checks to be used exclusively for use on services provided by the permittee and for playing permissible games on the cardroom premises at which the deposit is made; and b. The safekeeping of currency resulting from the cashing out of gaming chips used by the patron depositor for the playing of permissible games on the cardroom premises. 2. The cardroom permittee shall maintain the accounts in accordance with all state and federal reporting requirements. B. The cardroom permittee shall be allowed to provide chips or other representations of value paid for in advance by the patron in cash or by personal check. C. The cardroom permittee shall be allowed to accept a patron's gaming chips or other winnings and provide the patron with a check drawn on the permittee's account for the amount of the patron's chips or other winnings. D. The dollar equivalent of any such chips or other representations of value shall be posted in the same manner as this title requires for the posting of permissible game rules. (Ord. 28517.)

San José Municipal Code § 16.10.050 Patron deposit accounts prohibited for funding sources.

16.10.050 - Patron deposit accounts prohibited for funding sources. Funding sources, funding source owners, funded players, and funding source employees shall not establish or have any patron deposit account. (Ord. 28517.)

Source: City of San José, Municipal Code (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ca/san_jose/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT16GACO_CH16.10PADEACCRFetched: 11/1/2026