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2020 Georgia Code
Title 10 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 15 - Business Administration
§ 10-15-4. Prohibited Activities Involving Magnetic Strip or Stripe on Payment Card
Universal Citation: GA Code § 10-15-4 (2020)
- No person shall 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 with the intent to defraud the authorized user, the issuer of the authorized user's payment card, or a merchant.
- No person shall use a reencoder to place information encoded on the magnetic strip or stripe of a payment card onto the magnetic strip or stripe of a different card with the intent to defraud the authorized user, the issuer of the authorized user's payment card, or a merchant.
(Code 1981, §10-15-4, enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 339, § 2; Ga. L. 2015, p. 1088, § 11/SB 148.)
Code Commission notes.- The amendment of this former Code section by Ga. L. 2003, p. 140, § 10, irreconcilably conflicted with and was treated as superseded by Ga. L. 2003, p. 339, § 2. See County of Butts v. Strahan, 151 Ga. 417 (1921).
Editor's notes.- Ga. L. 2003, p. 339, § 2, provided for the repeal of former Code Section 10-15-4, effective July 1, 2003. For present comparable provisions, see Code Section 10-15-6.
Ga. L. 2015, p. 1088, § 11/SB 148, effective July 1, 2015, reenacted this Code section without change.
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