Possession of incomplete credit cards or machinery, plates or other contrivance
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case United States v. Martinez-Hernandez (2005)
Most recently applied in United States v. Martinez-Hernandez (September 2005)
1953 Comp., § 40A-16-35, enacted by Laws 1971, ch. 239, § 11.
A. Any person who possesses an incomplete credit card, with intent to defraud, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Possession of four or more incomplete credit cards, with intent to defraud, is a fourth degree felony.
B. Any person, who with intent to defraud, possesses machinery, plates or any other contrivance designed to reproduce instruments purporting to be credit cards of an issuer who has not consented to the preparation of such credit cards, is guilty of a fourth degree felony.
Official source: NMOneSource (New Mexico Compilation Commission). Reproduced from public-domain New Mexico statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.