---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 11.422"
title: "25"
number: "11.422"
heading: "Unauthorized use of credit cards."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/11.422"
---

# §11.422. Unauthorized use of credit cards.

- (a) A person commits a misdemeanor if he or she uses a credit card for the purpose of obtaining property or services with knowledge that:
  - (1) The card is stolen or forged; or
  - (2) The card has been revoked or cancelled; or
  - (3) **For any other reason his or her use of the card is unauthorized by the issuer.**
- (b) Credit card means a writing or other evidence of an undertaking to pay for property or services delivered or rendered to or upon the order of a designated person or bearer.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; R.S. 463, 25 U.S.C. 2; R.S. 465, 25 U.S.C. 9; 42 Stat. 208, 25 U.S.C. 13; 38 Stat. 586, 25 U.S.C. 200.

### Source

Source: 58 FR 54411, Oct. 21, 1993, unless otherwise noted.