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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="8-208" title_number="8" title_name="Fraud and Related Crimes" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Credit Card Crimes">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section, “incomplete credit card” means a credit card that lacks any stamped, embossed, imprinted, or written matter, other than the signature of the cardholder, that an issuer requires to appear on a credit card before a cardholder can use the credit card.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Without the consent of the issuer, a person other than the cardholder may not possess an incomplete credit card with the intent to complete it.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person may not possess, with knowledge of its character, machinery, plates, or any other contrivance designed to reproduce an instrument purporting to be a credit card of an issuer that has not consented to the preparation of the credit card.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a felony and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 15 years or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both.</text>
  </level>
</section>
