Vermont § 4041 - Definitions As used in this chapter:

§ 4041. Definitions As used in this chapter:

• (1) “Person” includes a natural person, a firm, an association, and a corporation, and
  any officer, employee, or agent thereof. (2) “Cardholder” means any person to whom a credit card is issued and any person who has
  agreed with the card issuer to pay obligations arising from the issuance of a credit
  card to another person. (3) “Card issuer” means any person who issues a credit card. (4) “Credit card” means any instrument, whether known as credit card, credit plate, charge
  plate, or any other name, that purports to evidence an undertaking to pay for property,
  labor, services, or delinquent taxes paid, delivered, or rendered to or upon the order
  of persons designated or otherwise authorized as bearers of such card, and includes
  bank credit cards as defined in 8 V.S.A.§ 1301(b). (5) “Accepted credit card” means any credit card that the cardholder has signed or has
  used, or authorized another to use, for the purpose of obtaining money, property,
  labor, services, or payment of delinquent taxes on credit, and also the term includes
  a credit card issued in replacement or renewal of an accepted credit card. (6) “Unauthorized use” means a use of a credit card to obtain money, property, labor,
  services, or payment of delinquent taxes by a person other than the cardholder who
  does not have actual, implied, or apparent authority for such use. (7) “Notice of loss instructions” shall be a separate slip or card, or a provision clearly
  printed in bold type in a cardholder agreement or accompanying material that shall
  apprise cardholder of the potential liability for unauthorized use, shall designate
  the address and telephone number of an office or offices of issuer to which adequate
  notice of loss may be given, and that shall contain a blank space for the cardholder
  to insert his or her account number, which space shall be identified to invite such
  insertion. (8) “Adequate notice of loss” shall be an actual notice of loss or theft or of unauthorized
  use of the card to a designated office of issuer that may be by mail, telephone, telegraph,
  or in person. (Added 1969, No. 221 (Adj