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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blaubart, post: 1496476, member: 37498&quot;]If you have an outstanding debt in the US, and it is measured in dollars, you can pay that debt using US currency. If you owe someone an item or service, then that&#039;s a different matter. There are a couple of states that have laws stating that reasonable restrictions can be put in place, but those have to be posted and I suspect these might be in violation of federal law. If someone has the time to check for court decisions on the matter, be my guest.</p><p><br /></p><p>If things are as you say they are Conder101, then I could run a towing business that tows cars and whatever form of payment a person brings in, I could refuse it. &quot;We are not currently accepting $20 bills. Please come back with a different form of payment.&quot; (person returns with $10 bills) &quot;Sorry, we are not currently accepting $10 bills...&quot; Repeat as many times as you want until the day comes where they legally forfeit ownership of their car.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, the law that everyone keeps asking for is simple and was posted several years ago in post number six:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>TITLE 31 § 5103. Legal tender</b></p><p><b>United States <font size="4"><u>coins</u></font> and currency (including Federal reserve notes and circulating notes of Federal reserve banks and national banks) are legal tender <u><font size="4">for all debts</font></u>, public charges, taxes, and dues.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b></b>(Please note that it does include coins)</p><p><br /></p><p>What better authority on the matter can you ask for besides offical United States Code?&nbsp; I know that Snopes and a US Treasury quote taken out of context come close, but I&#039;ll stick with the letter of the law, thank you.</p><p><br /></p><p>In this situation, there was a debt, so all the nonsense about businesses being able to refuse a customer making a purchase using pennies is irrelevant.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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