Nebraska § 28-634 - Payment cards; prohibited acts relating to scanning device or encoding machine; violation; penalty.
Full text of Nebraska Revised Statutes of Nebraska § 28-634 — Payment cards; prohibited acts relating to scanning device or encoding machine; violation; penalty., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 28-634. Payment cards; prohibited acts relating to scanning device or encoding machine; violation; penalty.
(1) It is unlawful for a person to intentionally and knowingly:
(a) Use a scanning device to access, read, scan, obtain, memorize, or store, temporarily or permanently, information encoded on a payment card without the permission of the authorized user of the payment card, the issuer of the authorized user's payment card, or a merchant;
(b) Possess a scanning device with the intent to obtain information encoded on a payment card without the permission of the authorized user, the issuer of the authorized user’s payment card, or a merchant or possess a scanning device with knowledge that some other person intends to use the scanning device to obtain information encoded on a payment card without the permission of the authorized user, the issuer of the authorized user’s payment card, or a merchant;
(c) Use an encoding machine to place information encoded on a payment card onto a different card without the permission of the authorized user of the card from which the information was obtained, the issuer of the authorized user's payment card, or a merchant; or
(d) Possess an encoding machine with the intent to place information encoded on a payment card onto a different payment card without the permission of the user, the issuer of the authorized user’s payment card, or a merchant.
(2) A violation of this section is a Class IV felony for the first offense and a Class IIIA felony for a second or subsequent offense.
Source: official Nebraska text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Revised Statutes of Nebraska § 28-634 cover?
Section 28-634 ("Payment cards; prohibited acts relating to scanning device or encoding machine; violation; penalty.") is part of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska, the codified statutory law of Nebraska. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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