Legal Question in Business Law in New York

Foreign currency as payment

is it legal for a business (in this case a

restaurant) to accept Euros as

payment?


Asked on 2/21/08, 11:27 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Nancy Delain Delain Law Office, PLLC

Re: Foreign currency as payment

A business can accept whatever currency it desires; in the US, the legal tender is US Dollars, so it would have to get other currencies converted before being able to spend (or bank) the money.

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Answered on 2/28/08, 11:22 am


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