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Section 11-49-1. – Definitions.

§ 11-49-1. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Cardholder” means the person or organization named on the face of a credit card to whom or for whose benefit the credit card is issued by an issuer. (2) “Credit card” means any instrument or device, whether known as a credit card, credit plate, or by […]

Section 11-49-2. – False statement as to financial condition or identity.

§ 11-49-2. False statement as to financial condition or identity. A person who makes or causes to be made, either directly or indirectly, any false statement as to a material fact in writing, knowing it to be false and with intent that it be relied on respecting his or her identity or that of any […]

Section 11-49-3. – Theft — Obtaining credit card through fraudulent means.

§ 11-49-3. Theft — Obtaining credit card through fraudulent means. (a) Theft by taking or retaining possession of card taken. A person who takes a credit card from the person, possession, custody, or control of another without the cardholder’s consent, or who, with knowledge that it has been so taken, receives the credit card with […]

Section 11-49-4. – Fraudulent use of credit cards.

§ 11-49-4. Fraudulent use of credit cards. A person who, with intent to defraud the issuer or a person or organization providing money, goods, services, or anything else of value or any other person, uses, for the purpose of obtaining money, goods, services, or anything else of value, a credit card obtained or retained in […]

Section 11-49-5. – Fraud by person authorized to provide goods or services.

§ 11-49-5. Fraud by person authorized to provide goods or services. (a) Illegally obtained or illegally possessed credit card; forge. A person who is authorized by an issuer to furnish money, goods, services, or anything else of value upon presentation of a credit card by the cardholder or any agent or employees of the person […]

Section 11-49-6.1. – Publishing information for fraudulent purposes.

§ 11-49-6.1. Publishing information for fraudulent purposes. (a)(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to publish or cause to be published the number or code of an existing, cancelled, revoked, expired, or nonexistent credit card issued by a company providing telecommunication services or the numbering or coding system which is employed in the issuance […]

Section 11-49-8. – Defense not available.

§ 11-49-8. Defense not available. In any prosecution for violation of this chapter, the state is not required to establish and it is no defense that a person, other than the defendant, who violated this chapter has not been convicted, apprehended, or identified. History of Section.P.L. 1969, ch. 129, § 2.