The law is called “False Imprisonment” and the shopkeeper exeptions.. the exemptions do vary from state to state but no state gives shops the rights to detain people carte blanche.
They must have a reasonable belief that you are stealing or trying to steal and item, and refusing to provide the checker with a receipt is NOT and does not constitute a reasonable belief in and of itself for them to be exempt from engaging in “false imprisonment”.
They detain you for nothing more than refusing to show your receipt, you are going to have a nice little tort suit against them that they will indeed lose. Pure and simple.
If someone refuses to show their receipt then that would DEFINATELY be reasonable belief in my mind. It is NOT an infringement of any right to have to show your receipt on the way out... especially when one knows that this is the proceedure of the store in the first place.
If someone refuses to show their receipt then that would DEFINATELY be reasonable belief in my mind. It is NOT an infringement of any right to have to show your receipt on the way out... especially when one knows that this is the proceedure of the store in the first place.