New Jersey § 2c:21-6
Full text of New Jersey New Jersey Statutes § 2c:21-6, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 2c:21-6.
a. Definitions. As used in this section: (1) “ Merchant ” means any owner or operator of any store or other retail mercantile establishment,
or any agent, servant, employee, lessee, consignee, officer, director, franchisee
or independent contractor of such owner or proprietor. (2) “ Payment card ” means a credit card, charge card, debit card or any other card that is issued to
an authorized card user and that allows the user to obtain, purchase, or receive goods,
services, money or anything of value from a merchant. (3) “ Reencoder ” means an electronic device that places encoded information from the magnetic strip
or stripe of a payment card onto the magnetic strip or stripe of a different payment
card or any electronic medium that allows a transaction to occur. (4) “ Scanning device ” means a scanner, skimmer, reader or any other electronic device that is used to
access, read, scan, obtain, memorize or store, temporarily or permanently, information
encoded on the magnetic strip or stripe of a payment card. b. It shall be a crime of the third degree for a person, with the intent to defraud
an authorized user of a payment card, the issuer of the authorized user's payment
card or a merchant, to use: (1) a scanning device to access, read, obtain, memorize or store, temporarily or permanently,
information encoded on the magnetic strip or stripe of a payment card, without the
permission of the authorized user of the payment card; or (2) a reencoder to place information encoded on the magnetic strip or stripe of a
payment card onto the magnetic strip or stripe of a different card or any electronic
medium that allows a transaction to occur without the permission of the authorized
user of the card from which the information is being reencoded. c. It shall be a crime of the fourth degree for a person to knowingly possess with
intent to commit a violation of paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection b. of this section
any device, apparatus, equipment, software, article, material, good, property or supply
that is specifically designed or adapted for use as or in a scanning device or reencoder.
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