2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 434 - OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY BY FRAUD 434.680 Unauthorized production or reproduction of credit or debit card -- Definition -- Presumption as to possession of incomplete card.
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434.680 Unauthorized production or reproduction of credit or debit card -Definition -- Presumption as to possession of incomplete card.
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A person other than the cardholder possessing an incomplete credit or debit
card, or possessing a purported distinctive element of a credit or debit card,
with intent to complete such incomplete credit or debit card or to utilize such
purported distinctive element in the production or reproduction of any credit or
debit card without the consent of the issuer, or a person possessing, with
knowledge of its character, a distinctive element of any credit or debit card or
any machinery, plates, or any contrivance designed to produce or reproduce
instruments purporting to be the credit or debit cards, or a distinctive element of
the credit or debit cards, of an issuer or of any issuer in a group of issuers
utilizing a common distinctive element or elements in credit or debit cards
issued by all members of such group, who has not consented to the production
or reproduction of such card, is guilty of a Class D felony. A credit or debit card
is "incomplete" if part of the matter other than the signature of the cardholder,
which an issuer or any issuer in a group of issuers utilizing a common
distinctive element or elements in credit or debit cards issued by all members
of such group, requires to appear on the credit or debit card before it can be
used by the cardholder has not yet been stamped, embossed, imprinted, or
written on it. A "distinctive element" of a credit or debit card is any material or
component used in the fabrication of credit or debit cards which, by virtue of
such element's chemical or physical composition, color, or design, is unique to
the credit or debit cards issued by a particular issuer or group of issuers
utilizing a common distinctive element or elements in credit or debit cards
issued by all members of such group.
A person other than the cardholder or issuer who possesses two (2) or more
incomplete credit or debit cards is presumed to possess the same without the
consent of the issuer and with the intent to complete them.
Effective:July 14, 1992
History: Amended 1992 Ky. Acts ch. 463, sec. 58, effective July 14, 1992. -Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 67, sec. 12, effective June 17, 1978. -- Created
1970 Ky. Acts ch. 83, sec. 14.
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