Unlawful use of credit card, debit card or public benefit card · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 165.17 Unlawful use of credit card, debit card or public benefit card.
A person is guilty of unlawful use of credit card, debit card or public benefit card when in the course of obtaining or attempting to obtain property or a service, he uses or displays a credit card, debit card or public benefit card which he knows to be revoked or cancelled.
Unlawful use of a credit card, debit card or public benefit card is a class A misdemeanor.
A person unlawfully uses a credit, debit, or public benefit card by using or displaying a card known to be revoked or canceled while obtaining or attempting to obtain property or a service. ★ It is a class A misdemeanor.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.