Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 9 Sec. 4045

  • Card issuer: means any person who issues a credit card. See
  • Cardholder: means any person to whom a credit card is issued and any person who has agreed with the card issuer to pay obligations arising from the issuance of a credit card to another person. See
  • Credit card: means any instrument, whether known as credit card, credit plate, charge plate, or any other name, that purports to evidence an undertaking to pay for property, labor, services, or delinquent taxes paid, delivered, or rendered to or upon the order of persons designated or otherwise authorized as bearers of such card, and includes bank credit cards as defined in 8 V. See
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Person: includes a natural person, a firm, an association, and a corporation, and any officer, employee, or agent thereof. See
  • said: when used by way of reference to a person or thing shall apply to the same person or thing last mentioned. See
  • Unauthorized use: means a use of a credit card to obtain money, property, labor, services, or payment of delinquent taxes by a person other than the cardholder who does not have actual, implied, or apparent authority for such use. See

§ 4045. Illegal possession; seizure

(a) A person in possession of a credit card issued to another with the intent to use the credit card without the consent of the cardholder shall be fined not more than $500.00 or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.

(b) A law enforcement officer who finds a credit card in the possession of a person other than the cardholder shall seize the same unless it is affirmatively made to appear that an unauthorized use of said card is not intended. A card seized under such circumstances shall be returned to the card issuer at such time as it may not be needed as material or relevant evidence for prosecution. (Added 1969, No. 221 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)