2020 Utah Code
Title 76 - Utah Criminal Code
Chapter 6 - Offenses Against Property
Part 5 - Fraud
Section 506.3 - Financial transaction card offenses -- Unlawful acquisition, possession, or transfer of card.

Universal Citation: UT Code § 76-6-506.3 (2020)
Effective 5/8/2018
76-6-506.3. Financial transaction card offenses -- Unlawful acquisition, possession, or transfer of card.
  • (1) Under circumstances that do not constitute a violation of Subsection (2), an individual is guilty of a third degree felony who:
    • (a) acquires a financial transaction card from another without the consent of the card holder or the issuer;
    • (b) receives a financial transaction card with intent to use the financial transaction card in violation of Section 76-6-506.2;
    • (c) sells or transfers a financial transaction card to a person with knowledge that the financial transaction card will be used in violation of Section 76-6-506.2;
    • (d)
      • (i) acquires a financial transaction card that the individual knows was lost, mislaid, stolen, or delivered under a mistake as to the identity or address of the card holder; and
      • (ii)
        • (A) retains possession with intent to use the financial transaction card in violation of Section 76-6-506.2; or
        • (B) sells or transfers the financial transaction card to a person with knowledge that the financial transaction card will be used in violation of Section 76-6-506.2; or
    • (e) possesses, sells, or transfers any information necessary for the use of a financial transaction card, including the credit number of the card, the expiration date of the card, or the personal identification code related to the card:
      • (i)
        • (A) without the consent of the card holder or the issuer; or
        • (B) with knowledge that the information has been acquired without consent of the card holder or the issuer; and
      • (ii) with intent to use the information in violation of Section 76-6-506.2.
  • (2) An individual is guilty of a second degree felony who possesses, sells, or transfers any information necessary for the use of 100 or more financial transaction cards, including the credit number of a card, the expiration date of a card, or the personal identification code related to a card:
    • (a) with intent to use the information in violation of Section 76-6-506.2; or
    • (b) with knowledge that the information will be used by another in violation of Section 76-6-506.2.


Amended by Chapter 221, 2018 General Session
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