§ 11-49-4 - Fraudulent use of credit cards.
SECTION 11-49-4
§ 11-49-4 Fraudulent use of credit cards.– A person who, with intent to defraud the issuer or a person or organizationproviding money, goods, services, or anything else of value or any otherperson, uses, for the purpose of obtaining money, goods, services, or anythingelse of value, a credit card obtained or retained in violation of this law or acredit card which he or she knows is forged, expired, or revoked, or whoobtains money, goods, services, or anything else of value by representing,without the consent of the cardholder, that he or she is the holder of aspecified card or by representing that he or she is the holder of a card andthe card has not in fact been issued, violates this section and is subject tothe penalties set forth in § 11-49-10(a), if the value of all moneys,goods, services, and other things of value obtained in violation of thissubsection does not exceed one hundred dollars ($100) in any six (6) monthperiod. The violator is subject to the penalties set forth in §11-49-10(b) if the value does exceed one hundred dollars ($100) in any six (6)month period. Knowledge of revocation shall be presumed to have been receivedby a cardholder four (4) days after it has been mailed to him or her at theaddress set forth on the credit card or at his or her last known address byregistered or certified mail, return receipt requested, and, if the address ismore than five hundred (500) miles from the place of mailing, by air mail. Ifthe address is located outside the United States, Puerto Rico, the VirginIslands, the Canal Zone or Canada, notice shall be presumed to have beenreceived ten (10) days after mailing by registered or certified mail.