(1) A person commits the offense of criminal possession of a financial transaction device if, with the intent to defraud, such person has in his or her possession or under his or her control any financial transaction device issued to a different account holder or which he or she knows or reasonably should know to be lost, stolen, forged, altered, or counterfeited. (2) Any person committing the offense of criminal possession of one financial transaction device shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor. (3) Any person committing the offense of criminal possession of two or three financial transaction devices, each issued to different account holders, shall be guilty of a Class IV felony. (4) Any person committing the offense of criminal possession of four or more financial transaction devices, each issued to different account holders, shall be guilty of a Class IIA felony.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-621
Criminal possession of a financial transaction device; penalties
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case State v. Rhea (2001)
Most recently applied in 28 Neb. Ct. App. 667 - State v. Seaman (July 2020)
Laws 1989, LB 372, § 5; Laws 2015, LB605, § 37.
Official source: Nebraska Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nebraska statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.