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Conviction of financial transaction card fraud as provided in subsection (a) or (b) of this section is punishable as provided in G.S. 14-113.17(b) if such value exceeds five hundred dollars ($500.00) in any six-month period.<p>(c)        A person is guilty of financial transaction card fraud when, upon application for a financial transaction card to an issuer, he knowingly makes or causes to be made a false statement or report relative to his name, occupation, financial condition, assets, or liabilities; or willfully and substantially overvalues any assets, or willfully omits or substantially undervalues any indebtedness for the purpose of influencing the issuer to issue a financial transaction card.<p>Conviction of financial transaction card fraud as provided in this  subsection is punishable as provided in G.S. 14-113.17(a).<p>(c1)      A person authorized by an acquirer to furnish money, goods, services or anything else of value upon presentation of a financial transaction card or a financial transaction card account number by a cardholder, or any agent or employee of such person, who, with intent to defraud the issuer, acquirer, or cardholder, remits to an issuer or acquirer, for payment, a financial transaction card record of a sale, which sale was not made by such person, his agent or employee, is guilty of financial transaction card fraud.<p>Conviction of financial transaction card fraud as provided in this subsection is punishable as provided in G.S. 14-113.17(a).<p>(d)       A cardholder is guilty of financial transaction card fraud when he willfully, knowingly, and with an intent to defraud the issuer, a person or organization providing money, goods, services, or anything else of value, or any other person, submits, verbally or in writing, to the issuer or any other person, any false notice or report of the theft, loss, disappearance, or nonreceipt of his financial transaction card.<p>Conviction of financial transaction card fraud as provided in this  subsection is punishable as provided in G.S. 14-113.17(a).<p>(e)        In any prosecution for violation of G.S. 14-113.13, the State is not required to establish and it is no defense that some of the acts constituting the crime did not occur in this State or within one city, county, or local jurisdiction.<p>(f)        For purposes of this section, revocation shall be construed to include either notice given in person or notice given in writing to the person to whom the financial transaction card and/or personal identification code was issued. Notice of revocation shall be immediate when notice is given in person. The sending of a notice in writing by registered or certified mail in the United States mail, duly stamped and addressed to such person at his last address known to the issuer, shall be prima facie evidence that such notice was duly received after seven days from the date of the deposit in the mail. If the address is located outside the United States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Canal Zone and Canada, notice shall be presumed to have been received 10 days after mailing by registered or certified mail. (1967, c. 1244, s. 2; 1979, c. 741, s. 1; 1989, c. 161, s. 2.)<p>Sections:   <a class=sec_menu href=14-113.12.html> Previous </a>   <a class=sect_num href=14-113.7.html> 14-113.7 </a>   <a class=sect_num href=14-113.7a.html> 14-113.7A </a>   <a class=sect_num href=14-113.8.html> 14-113.8 </a>   <a class=sect_num href=14-113.9.html> 14-113.9 </a>   <a class=sect_num href=14-113.10.html> 14-113.10 </a>   <a class=sect_num href=14-113.11.html> 14-113.11 </a>   <a class=sect_num href=14-113.12.html> 14-113.12 </a>  14-113.13   <a class=sect_num href=14-113.14.html> 14-113.14 </a>   <a class=sect_num href=14-113.15.html> 14-113.15 </a>   <a class=sect_num href=14-113.15a.html> 14-113.15A </a>   <a class=sect_num href=14-113.16.html> 14-113.16 </a>   <a class=sect_num href=14-113.17.html> 14-113.17 </a>   <a class=sect_num href=14-113.20.html> 14-113.20 </a>   <a class=sect_num href=14-113.20a.html> 14-113.20A </a>   <a class=sec_menu href=14-113.14.html> Next </a><p><em> Last modified: March 23, 2014 </em></div></div></div><footer class=container-fluid><div class=row><div class=col-sm-6><h4>State Laws</h4><p><a href=/alabama/> Alabama </a> <br> <a href=/alaska/> Alaska </a> <br> <a href=/arizona/> Arizona </a> <br> <a href=/california/> California </a> <br> <a href=/florida/> Florida </a> <br> <a href=/georgia/> Georgia </a> <br> <a href=/illinois/> Illinois </a> <br> <a href=/indiana/> Indiana </a> <br> <a href=/massachusetts/> Massachusetts </a> <br> <a href=/michigan/> Michigan </a> <br> <a href=/nevada/> Nevada </a> <br> <a href=/new-jersey/> New Jersey </a> <br> <a href=/new-york/> New York </a> <br> <a href=/north-carolina/> North Carolina </a> <br> <a href=/ohio/> Ohio </a> <br> <a href=/oregon/> Oregon </a> <br> <a href=/pennsylvania/> Pennsylvania </a> <br> <a href=/texas/> Texas </a> <br> <a href=/virginia/> Virginia </a> <br> <a href=/washington/> Washington </a></div><div class=col-sm-6><h4>Court Opinions</h4><p><a href=/ussc/> US Supreme Court </a> <br> <a href=/tax/> US Tax Court </a> <br> <a href=/board-of-patent-appeals/> Board of Patent Appeals </a><h4>Federal Laws</h4><p><a href=/uscode/> US Code </a><p><a href=/constitution/> US Constitution </a><p><a href=/constitution/010-preamble.html> Preamble </a> <br> <a href=/constitution/article-1/index.html> Art. 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