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KRS 434.680: Unauthorized production or reproduction of credit or debit card --

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  1. 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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