Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 11-49.1 - Impersonation and Identity Fraud

• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Document-making implement: means any implement, impression, electronic device, or computer hardware or software, that is specifically configured or primarily used for making an identification document, a false identification document, or another document-making implement;

  (2)  "Identification document" means a document made or card issued by or under the authority of the United States Government, a state, political subdivision of a state, a foreign government, political subdivision of a foreign government, an international governmental or an international quasi-governmental organization which, when completed with information concerning a particular individual, is of a type intended or commonly accepted for the purpose of identification of individuals;

  (3)  "Means of identification" means any name or number that may be used, alone or in conjunction with any other information, to identify a specific individual, including any:

  (i)  Name, social security number, date of birth, official state or government issued driver's license or identification number, alien registration number, government passport number, employer or taxpayer identification number;

  (ii)  Unique biometric data, such as fingerprint, voice print, retina or iris image, or other unique physical representation;

  (iii)  Unique electronic identification number, address, or routing code; or

  (iv)  Telecommunication identifying information or access device as defined in 18 U. See Rhode Island General Laws 11-49.1-2

• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
• person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Produce: means to manufacture, alter, authenticate, or assemble an identification document;

  (5)  "State" includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any other commonwealth, possession, or territory of the United States; and

  (6)  "Financial information" means any of the following information identifiable to an individual that concerns the amount and/or condition of an individual's assets, liabilities or credit:

  (i)  Account numbers and balances;

  (ii)  Transactional information concerning any account; or

  (iii)  Codes, passwords, social security numbers, tax identification numbers, driver's license numbers or any other information held for the purpose of account access or transaction initiation. See Rhode Island General Laws 11-49.1-2

• State: includes any state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any other commonwealth, possession, or territory of the United States; and

  (6)  "Financial information" means any of the following information identifiable to an individual that concerns the amount and/or condition of an individual's assets, liabilities or credit:

  (i)  Account numbers and balances;

  (ii)  Transactional information concerning any account; or

  (iii)  Codes, passwords, social security numbers, tax identification numbers, driver's license numbers or any other information held for the purpose of account access or transaction initiation. See Rhode Island General Laws 11-49.1-2

• United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8