A. A person commits false statement as to financial condition or identity if the person makes or causes to be made, either directly or indirectly, any false statement in writing as to a material fact, knowing it to be false, with the intent that it be relied on respecting the identity of that person or of any other person, firm or corporation or the financial condition of that person or of any other person, firm or corporation, for the purpose of procuring the issuance of a credit card.

Terms Used In Arizona Laws 13-2107

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Credit card: means :

    (a) Any instrument or device, whether known as a credit card, charge card, credit plate, courtesy card or identification card or by any other name, that is issued with or without fee by an issuer for the use of the cardholder in obtaining money, goods, services or anything else of value, either on credit or in possession or in consideration of an undertaking or guaranty by the issuer of the payment of a check drawn by the cardholder, on a promise to pay in part or in full therefor at a future time, whether or not all or any part of the indebtedness that is represented by the promise to make deferred payment is secured or unsecured. See Arizona Laws 13-2101

  • Felony: means an offense for which a sentence to a term of imprisonment in the custody of the state department of corrections is authorized by any law of this state. See Arizona Laws 13-105
  • Person: means a human being and, as the context requires, an enterprise, a public or private corporation, an unincorporated association, a partnership, a firm, a society, a government, a governmental authority or an individual or entity capable of holding a legal or beneficial interest in property. See Arizona Laws 13-105
  • Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215

B. False statement as to financial condition or identity is a class 5 felony.