KRS 434.680: Unauthorized production or reproduction of credit or debit card --
Where this section sits in the code
- KRS Chapter 434
Definition -- Presumption as to possession of incomplete card.
(1) A person other than the cardholder possessing an incomplete credit or debit card, or
possessing a purported distincti ve element of a credit or debit card, with intent to
complete such incomplete credit or debit card or to utilize such purported
distinctive element in the production or reproduction of any credit or debit card
without the consent of the issuer, or a person possessing, with knowledge of its
character, a distinctive element of any credit or debit card or any machinery, plates,
or any contrivance designed to produce or reproduce instruments purporting to be
the credit or debit cards, or a distinctive element o f the credit or debit cards, of an
issuer or of any issuer in a group of issuers utilizing a common distinctive element
or elements in credit or debit cards issued by all members of such group, who has
not consented to the production or reproduction of suc h card, is guilty of a Class D
felony. A credit or debit card is "incomplete" if part of the matter other than the
signature of the cardholder, which an issuer or any issuer in a group of issuers
utilizing a common distinctive element or elements in credit or debit cards issued by
all members of such group, requires to appear on the credit or debit card before it
can be used by the cardholder has not yet been stamped, embossed, imprinted, or
written on it. A "distinctive element" of a credit or debit card i s any material or
component used in the fabrication of credit or debit cards which, by virtue of such
element's chemical or physical composition, color, or design, is unique to the credit
or debit cards issued by a particular issuer or group of issuers uti lizing a common
distinctive element or elements in credit or debit cards issued by all members of
such group.
(2) A person other than the cardholder or issuer who possesses two (2) or more
incomplete credit or debit cards is presumed to possess the same wi thout the
consent of the issuer and with the intent to complete them.
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