Operating Procedures for Card Transactions. In accepting Cards for the purchase of Merchant's goods and services, Merchant shall comply with the requirements of this Agreement, including but not limited to the Operating Rules and applicable law, as the same are revised from time to time. i. Authorization Unless specifically exempted by Operating Rules, Merchant agrees to obtain Authorization for the total amount of the transaction, including the tip and tax, if applicable, and shall record the positive Authorization Code on the sales draft prior to completing the transaction. Such Authorization must be obtained for every Card Transaction on the transaction date and prior to completing the transaction, unless otherwise specified in the Operating Rules. Procedures for obtaining Authorizations are set forth in the Operating Rules. If a Merchant completes a Charge without Authorization, Merchant will be responsible for any Chargeback of the Charge and this Agreement shall be subject to immediate termination without notice. Obtaining Authorization does not assure that the person using the Card is the Cardholder and will not prevent a Chargeback to Merchant for any of a variety of reasons under the Operating Rules, including use of the Card by an unauthorized user or a Cardholder claim or defense relating to the Charge. Merchant shall use its best efforts, by reasonable and peaceful means, to retain or recover any Card, (a) if Merchant is advised by the authorizing center to retain it, (b) if Merchant has reasonable grounds to believe such Card is counterfeit, fraudulent or stolen, or (c) if the Card’s embossed account number, indent printed account number and/or encoded account number do not match, or an unexpired Card does not have the appropriate hologram on the Card face. Merchant's efforts to recover a Card will at all times be reasonable under the circumstances. The obligation of Merchant of retain or recover a Card imposed by this section does not authorize a breach of the peace or any injury to persons or property, and Merchant will hold Bank harmless from any claim arising from any injury to person or property or other breach of the peace.
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Samples: Merchant Card Processing Agreement, Merchant Card Processing Agreement, Merchant Card Processing Agreement
Operating Procedures for Card Transactions. In accepting Cards for the purchase of Merchant's goods and services, Merchant shall comply with the requirements of this Agreement, including but not limited to the Operating Rules and applicable law, as the same are revised from time to time.
i. Authorization Unless specifically exempted by Operating Rules, Merchant Xxxxxxxx agrees to obtain Authorization for the total amount of the transaction, including the tip and tax, if applicable, and shall record the positive Authorization Code on the sales draft prior to completing the transaction. Such Authorization must be obtained for every Card Transaction on the transaction date and prior to completing the transaction, unless otherwise specified in the Operating Rules. Procedures for obtaining Authorizations are set forth in the Operating Rules. If a Merchant completes a Charge without Authorization, Merchant will be responsible for any Chargeback of the Charge and this Agreement shall be subject to immediate termination without notice. Obtaining Authorization does not assure that the person using the Card is the Cardholder and will not prevent a Chargeback to Merchant for any of a variety of reasons under the Operating Rules, including use of the Card by an unauthorized user or a Cardholder claim or defense relating to the Charge. Merchant shall use its best efforts, by reasonable and peaceful means, to retain or recover any Card, (a) if Merchant is advised by the authorizing center to retain it, (b) if Merchant has reasonable grounds to believe such Card is counterfeit, fraudulent or stolen, or (c) if the Card’s embossed account number, indent printed account number and/or encoded account number do not match, or an unexpired Card does not have the appropriate hologram on the Card face. MerchantXxxxxxxx's efforts to recover a Card will at all times be reasonable under the circumstances. The obligation of Merchant of retain or recover a Card imposed by this section does not authorize a breach of the peace or any injury to persons or property, and Merchant will hold Bank harmless from any claim arising from any injury to person or property or other breach of the peace.
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Samples: Merchant Card Processing Agreement