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Can you summarize NJST 2C:21-6?
Credit cards
Short Summary
This section of the New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice governs credit cards. It provides definitions for terms such as cardholder, credit card, expired credit card, issuer, receives, and revoked credit card. The section outlines various crimes related to credit cards, including making false statements to obtain a credit card, credit card theft, receiving lost or stolen credit cards, selling or buying credit cards, obtaining control over a credit card as security for debt, falsely making or embossing credit cards, signing credit cards without authorization, and fraudulent use of credit cards. The penalties for these crimes range from a crime of the fourth degree to a crime of the third degree. The section also addresses intent to defraud, penalties for persons authorized to furnish money or services upon presentation of a credit card, incomplete credit cards, and receiving anything of value obtained in violation. There are no specific exemptions mentioned in this section.
Whom does it apply to?
Individuals and organizations involved in credit card transactions
What does it govern?
Credit Cards
What are exemptions?
No exemptions are mentioned.
What are the Penalties?
For false statements made in procuring issuance of credit card: Crime of the fourth degree. For credit card theft, intent to defraud, and fraudulent use of credit cards: Crimes of the third degree. For incomplete credit cards and receiving anything of value obtained in violation: Crimes of the third and fourth degree.
Jurisdiction
New Jersey