Georgia Code, Title 16, Chapter 9, Article 3 - Illegal Use of Financial Transaction Cards

• § 16-9-30 - Definitions
  As used in this article, the term: (1) "Acquirer" means a business organization, government, financial institution, or an agent of a business organization, government,...
• § 16-9-31 - Financial Transaction Card Theft
  (a) A person commits the offense of financial transaction card theft when: (1) He takes, obtains, or withholds a financial transaction card from the...
• § 16-9-32 - Forgery of Financial Transaction Card
  (a) A person commits the offense of financial transaction card forgery when: (1) With intent to defraud a purported issuer; a person or organization...
• § 16-9-33 - Financial Transaction Card Fraud
  (a) A person commits the offense of financial transaction card fraud when, with intent to defraud the issuer; a person or organization providing money,...
• § 16-9-34 - Criminal Possession of Financial Transaction Card Forgery Devices
  (a) A person commits the offense of criminal possession of financial transaction card forgery devices when: (1) He is a person other than the...
• § 16-9-35 - Criminal Receipt of Goods and Services Fraudulently Obtained
  A person commits the offense of criminally receiving goods and services fraudulently obtained when he receives money, goods, services, or anything else of value...
• § 16-9-36 - Rebuttable Presumption of Criminal Receipt of Goods and Services Fraudulently Obtained
  A person who obtains at a discount price a ticket issued by an airline, railroad, steamship, or other transportation company from other than an...
• § 16-9-36.1 - Criminal Factoring of Financial Transaction Card Records
  Any person who, without the acquirer's express authorization, employs or solicits an authorized merchant or any agent or employee of such merchant to remit...
• § 16-9-37 - Unauthorized Use of Financial Transaction Card; Misuse of Government Issued Cards
  (a) Any person who has been issued or entrusted with a financial transaction card for specifically authorized purposes, provided such authorization is in writing...
• § 16-9-38 - Punishment and Penalties
  (a) A person who is subject to the punishment and penalties of this subsection shall be fined not more than $1,000.00 or imprisoned not...
• § 16-9-39 - Publication of Information Regarding Schemes, Devices, Means, or Methods for Financial Transaction Card Fraud or Theft of Telecommunication Services
  (a) As used in this Code section, "publish" means the communication or dissemination of information to any one or more persons either orally, in...
• § 16-9-40 - Venue Determinations
  (a) In any prosecution for a violation of this article, the state is not required to establish that all of the acts constituting the...

Last modified: October 14, 2016