815 ILCS 140/7.2

(815 ILCS 140/7.2)

Sec. 7.2. No credit card issuer shall issue, provide, assign or deliver in any way a credit card account to and in the name of any person under the age of 21 unless the person has submitted a written application and the credit card issuer has:

(1) financial information that the person has an independent ability to make the required minimum periodic payments on the proposed extension of credit; or

(2) financial information that a cosigner, guarantor, or joint applicant who is at least 21 years old has an independent ability to make the required minimum periodic payments on the proposed extension of credit, and a signed agreement of the cosigner, guarantor, or joint applicant to be either jointly liable for any debt on the account or secondarily liable for any debt on the account incurred by the person before the person has attained the age of 21.

Upon delivery of a credit card account to and in the name of any person under the age of 18, the credit card issuer shall also include a pamphlet which details the responsible use of a credit card, an explanation of applicable credit limits, payment requirements and the penalties for the misuse and fraudulent use of a credit card.

This Section does not apply to a supplementary card issued to a person under the age of 21 that allows that person to access a credit card account in the name of a person over the age of 21 if the person over the age of 21 requested orally or in writing that the supplementary card be issued to the person under the age of 21.

(Source: P.A. 96-1193, eff. 7-22-10.)