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Can you summarize MSCO 97-19-15?
False Pretenses and Cheats > Credit cards; controlling card as security for debt.
Short Summary
Any person, who, with intent to defraud the issuer, a person or organization providing money, goods, property, services or anything else of value, or any other person, obtains control of a credit card as security for debt is guilty of a misdemeanor. HISTORY: Codes, 1942, 2148.7-05; Laws, 1968, ch. 345, 5, eff 60 days after passage (approved August 8, 1968). Cross References White-collar crime investigations, see 7-5-59. Unlawful to use credit card or credit card number, obtained or retained in violation of this section, to obtain a thing of value, see 97-19-21. Violation of this section as misdemeanor, and punishment therefor, see 97-19-29.
Jurisdiction
Mississippi