Can you summarize MSCO 97-19-17?

Short Summary

Every person who, with intent to defraud a purported cardholder, issuer, or a person or organization providing money, goods, property, services or anything else of value, falsely makes or alters or embosses a card purporting to be a credit card or other such credit device is guilty of credit card forgery. HISTORY: Codes, 1942, 2148.7-06; Laws, 1968, ch 345, 6, eff 60 days after passage (approved August 8, 1968). Cross References White-collar crime investigation, 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. Forgery, generally, see 97-21-1 et seq. RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 20 Am. Jur. 2d, Credit Cards and Charge Accounts 27.

Jurisdiction

Mississippi

Source

• Banking