Any person, other than the cardholder, having under such person’s possession, custody or control two or more incomplete payment cards, or possessing a purported distinctive element of a payment card, with intent to complete such incomplete payment cards or to utilize such purported distinctive element in the production or reproduction of any payment card, without the consent of the issuer, or a person having under such person’s possession, custody or control, with knowledge of its character, a distinctive element of any payment card or any machinery, plates or any contrivance designed to produce or reproduce instruments purporting to be the payment cards of an issuer, or of any issuer in a group of issuers utilizing a common distinctive element or elements in payment cards issued by all members of such group, who has not consented to the production or reproduction of such cards, violates this section and is subject to the penalties set forth in subsection (b) of section 53a-128i. A payment card is “incomplete” if part of the matter other than the signature of the cardholder, which an issuer, or any issuer in a group of issuers utilizing a common distinctive element or elements in payments cards issued by all members of such group, requires to appear on the payment card, before it can be used by a cardholder, has not yet been stamped, embossed, imprinted or written on it. A “distinctive element” of a payment card is any material or component used in the fabrication of payment cards, which, by virtue of such element’s chemical or physical composition, color or design, is unique to the payment cards issued by a particular issuer or group of issuers utilizing a common distinctive element or elements in payment cards issued by all members of such group.

(1971, P.A. 871, S. 34; P.A. 92-260, S. 56; P.A. 17-26, S. 6.)

History: P.A. 92-260 made a technical change; P.A. 17-26 replaced references to credit card with references to payment card, and made technical changes.