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Can I Close Joint Credit Card Accounts?

Either spouse may close a credit card account or other unsecured consumer line of credit on which both spouses are contractually liable, simply by giving written notice to the creditor.1

This is usually a very smart thing to do, to prevent the other spouse from racking up debt in your name.

 

1 Minnesota Statute section 519.05(b).