Virginia § 18.2-196 Criminal possession of credit card forgery devices

Virginia Statutes

§ 18.2-196 — Criminal possession of credit card forgery devices

Virginia § 18.2-196

Title 18.2CRIMES AND OFFENSES GENERALLY

Ch. 6CRIMES INVOLVING FRAUD

Art. 6OFFENSES RELATING TO CREDIT CARDS

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Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-196 (2026).

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(1)A person is guilty of criminal possession of credit card forgery devices when:

(a)He is a person other than the cardholder and possesses two or more incomplete credit cards, with intent to complete them without the consent of the issuer; or

(b)He possesses, with knowledge of its character, machinery, plates or any other contrivance designed to reproduce instruments purporting to be credit cards of an issuer who has not consented to the preparation of such credit cards.

(2)A credit card is incomplete if part of the matter, other than the signature of the cardholder, which an issuer requires to appear on the credit card before it can be used by a cardholder, has not yet been stamped, embossed, imprinted or written upon. Conviction of criminal possession of credit card forgery devi

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(1) A person is guilty of criminal possession of credit card forgery devices when:

(a) He is a person other than the cardholder and possesses two or more incomplete credit cards, with intent to complete them without the consent of the issuer; or

(b) He possesses, with knowledge of its character, machinery, plates or any other contrivance designed to reproduce instruments purporting to be credit cards of an issuer who has not consented to the preparation of such credit cards.

(2) A credit card is incomplete if part of the matter, other than the signature of the cardholder, which an issuer requires to appear on the credit card before it can be used by a cardholder, has not yet been stamped, embossed, imprinted or written upon.

Conviction of criminal possession of credit card forgery devices is punishable as a Class 6 felony.