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False Pretenses and Cheats > Credit cards; possession of incomplete cards or plates and devices for their reproduction.
Short Summary
Any person other than the cardholder or one authorized by him possessing two (2) or more incomplete credit cards, with the intent to complete them without the consent of the issuer or the cardholder, or a person possessing, with knowledge of their character, machinery, plates, or any other contrivance designed to reproduce instruments purporting to be credit cards of an issuer who has not in fact consented to the preparation of such credit cards, is guilty of a misdemeanor. HISTORY: Codes, 1942, 2148.7-10; Laws, 1968, ch. 345, 10, 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. RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 20 Am. Jur. 2d, Credit Cards 14 et seq.
Jurisdiction
Mississippi