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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="8-204" title_number="8" title_name="Fraud and Related Crimes" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Credit Card Crimes">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person may not:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>take a credit card from another, or from the possession, custody, or control of another without the consent of the cardholder; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>with knowledge that a credit card has been taken under the circumstances described in item (i) of this paragraph, receive the credit card with the intent to use it or sell or transfer it to another who is not the issuer or the cardholder.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person who violates this subsection is guilty of credit card theft.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person may not receive a credit card that the person knows was lost, mislaid, or delivered under a mistake as to the identity or address of the cardholder and retain possession of the credit card with the intent to use, sell, or transfer it to another who is not the issuer or the cardholder.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person who violates this subsection is guilty of credit card theft.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person may not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>sell a credit card unless the person is the issuer; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>buy a credit card from a person other than the issuer.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A person other than the issuer may not receive a credit card that the person knows was taken or retained under circumstances that constitute:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>credit card theft;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a violation of § 8-203 of this subtitle; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a violation of subsection (c) of this section.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 18 months or a fine not exceeding $500 or both.</text>
  </level>
</section>
