As used in NRS 205.601 to 205.608, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 205.602, 205.603 and 205.604 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 2003, 1354)
“Payment card” means a credit card, charge card, debit card or any other card that: 1. Is issued to an authorized card user; and 2. Allows the user to obtain, purchase or receive credit, money, a good, a service or anything of value. (Added to NRS by 2003, 1354)
“Reencoder” means an electronic device that places encoded information from the magnetic strip or stripe of a payment card onto the magnetic strip or stripe of a different payment card. (Added to NRS by 2003, 1354)
“Scanning device” means a scanner, reader or any other electronic device that is used to access, read, scan, obtain, memorize or store, temporarily or permanently, information encoded on the magnetic strip or stripe of a payment card. (Added to NRS by 2003, 1354)
1. A person shall not: (a) Use a scanning device to access, read, obtain, memorize or store, temporarily or permanently, information encoded on the magnetic strip or stripe of a payment card: (1) Without the permission of the authorized user of the payment card; and (2) With the intent to defraud the authorized user, the […]
1. A person shall not: (a) Install or affix, temporarily or permanently, a scanning device within or upon a machine with the intent to use the scanning device for an unlawful purpose; (b) Access, by electronic or any other means, a scanning device with the intent to use the scanning device for an unlawful purpose; […]
The provisions of NRS 205.601 to 205.608, inclusive, do not apply to any person who, without the intent to defraud or commit an unlawful act, installs, affixes, accesses, possesses or uses a scanning device or reencoder: 1. In the ordinary course of his or her business or employment; or 2. Pursuant to a financial transaction […]
In any prosecution for a violation of any provision of NRS 205.601 to 205.608, inclusive, the State is not required to establish and it is no defense that: 1. An accessory has not been convicted, apprehended or identified; or 2. Some of the acts constituting elements of the crime did not occur in this state […]
