(a) No person shall do any of the following:
(1) Practice deception for the purpose of procuring the issuance of a credit card, when a credit card is issued in actual reliance thereon;
(2) Knowingly buy or sell a credit card from or to a person other than the issuer.
(b) No person, with purpose to defraud, shall do any of the following:
(1) Obtain control over a credit card as security for a debt;
(2) Obtain property or services by the use of a credit card, in one or more transactions, knowing or having reasonable cause to believe that such card has expired or been revoked, or was obtained, is retained, or is being used, in violation of law;
(3) Furnish property or services upon presentation of a credit card, knowing that such card is being used in violation of law;
(4) Represent or cause to be represented to the issuer of a credit card that property or services have been furnished, knowing that such representation is false.
(c) No person, with purpose to violate this section, shall receive, possess, control or dispose of a credit card. (A.O.)
(d) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of misuse of credit cards, a misdemeanor of the first degree, provided that the cumulative retail value of the property and services involved in one or more violations, involving one or more credit cards and occurring within a period of ninety days, is less than one thousand dollars ($1,000). (Ord. 13-12. Passed 3-15-2012.)