North Carolina General Statutes 14-113.14. Criminal possession of financial transaction card forgery devices
(a) A person is guilty of criminal possession of financial transaction card forgery devices when:
(1) He is a person other than the cardholder and possesses two or more incomplete financial transaction cards, with intent to complete them without the consent of the issuer; or
(2) He possesses, with knowledge of its character, machinery, plates, or any other contrivance designed to reproduce instruments purporting to be financial transaction cards of an issuer who has not consented to the preparation of such financial transaction cards.
(b) A financial transaction card is incomplete if part of the matter other than the signature of the cardholder, which an issuer requires to appear on the financial transaction card before it can be used by a cardholder, has not yet been stamped, embossed, imprinted, encoded or written upon it.
Conviction of criminal possession of financial transaction card forgery devices is punishable as provided in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-113.17(b). (1967, c. 1244, s. 2; 1979, c. 741, s. 1.)
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 14-113.14
- Financial Transaction Card: "Financial transaction card" or "FTC" means any instrument or device whether known as a credit card, credit plate, bank services card, banking card, check guarantee card, debit card, or by any other name, issued with or without fee by an issuer for the use of the cardholder:
- Forgery: The fraudulent signing or alteration of another's name to an instrument such as a deed, mortgage, or check. The intent of the forgery is to deceive or defraud. Source: OCC
- Issuer: means the business organization or financial institution or its duly authorized agent which issues a financial transaction card. See North Carolina General Statutes 14-113.8