Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1550.27
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Falsely manufactured or altered credit and debit cards
Official statutory text
— Penalties.
A. A person, with intent to defraud:
1. A purported issuer;
2. A person or organization providing money, goods, services or
anything else of value; or
3. Any other person,
who falsely makes, clones, or alters a purported credit, debit, or
similar card containing a magnetic stripe capable of storing data,
in any form, either physically or digitally, from what the original
issuer placed on the card or utters such a card is guilty of a
felony.
B. 1. A person other than the purported issuer who possesses
any credit, debit, or similar card containing a magnetic stripe
capable of storing data, which is falsely made, cloned, or altered
in any form, either physically or digitally from what the issuer
routinely incorporates, is presumed to have violated this section.
2. The possession of three or more credit, debit, or similar
cards containing magnetic stripes capable of storing data containing
cloned or altered data simultaneously shall create a rebuttable
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presumption that the person is possessing such cards with the intent
to defraud, for purposes of this section.
C. A person "falsely makes" a credit, debit, or similar card
containing a magnetic stripe capable of storing data when the person
marks, alters, or stores information in whole or in part, in a
physical or digital format, on a device or instrument which can
function as a credit, debit, or similar card of an issuer but which
is not such a card because the issuer did not authorize the marks,
alterations, or stored information, or when the person alters a
credit, debit, or similar card containing a magnetic stripe capable
of storing data which was originally authorized and issued,
including, but not limited to, when a person manipulates information
included on an electronic magnetic stripe or chip contained on a
card.
D. A person in violation of the provisions of this section,
while in possession of:
1. Five or fewer falsely made cards shall, upon conviction, be
guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the
Department of Corrections for a term of not less than two (2) years
and not more than five (5) years, and by a fine not to exceed Five
Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00);
2. Six or more but less than twenty (20) falsely made cards
shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by
imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a
term of not less than five (5) years and not more than ten (10)
years, and by a fine not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars
($10,000.00); and
3. Twenty or more falsely made cards shall, upon conviction, be
guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the
Department of Corrections for a term of not less than ten (10) years
and not more than twenty (20) years, and by a fine not to exceed One
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00).
A. A person, with intent to defraud:
1. A purported issuer;
2. A person or organization providing money, goods, services or
anything else of value; or
3. Any other person,
who falsely makes, clones, or alters a purported credit, debit, or
similar card containing a magnetic stripe capable of storing data,
in any form, either physically or digitally, from what the original
issuer placed on the card or utters such a card is guilty of a
felony.
B. 1. A person other than the purported issuer who possesses
any credit, debit, or similar card containing a magnetic stripe
capable of storing data, which is falsely made, cloned, or altered
in any form, either physically or digitally from what the issuer
routinely incorporates, is presumed to have violated this section.
2. The possession of three or more credit, debit, or similar
cards containing magnetic stripes capable of storing data containing
cloned or altered data simultaneously shall create a rebuttable
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presumption that the person is possessing such cards with the intent
to defraud, for purposes of this section.
C. A person "falsely makes" a credit, debit, or similar card
containing a magnetic stripe capable of storing data when the person
marks, alters, or stores information in whole or in part, in a
physical or digital format, on a device or instrument which can
function as a credit, debit, or similar card of an issuer but which
is not such a card because the issuer did not authorize the marks,
alterations, or stored information, or when the person alters a
credit, debit, or similar card containing a magnetic stripe capable
of storing data which was originally authorized and issued,
including, but not limited to, when a person manipulates information
included on an electronic magnetic stripe or chip contained on a
card.
D. A person in violation of the provisions of this section,
while in possession of:
1. Five or fewer falsely made cards shall, upon conviction, be
guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the
Department of Corrections for a term of not less than two (2) years
and not more than five (5) years, and by a fine not to exceed Five
Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00);
2. Six or more but less than twenty (20) falsely made cards
shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by
imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for a
term of not less than five (5) years and not more than ten (10)
years, and by a fine not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars
($10,000.00); and
3. Twenty or more falsely made cards shall, upon conviction, be
guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the
Department of Corrections for a term of not less than ten (10) years
and not more than twenty (20) years, and by a fine not to exceed One
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00).
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