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HB2772: Fraudulent credit card application; false statements to obtain property or credit.

Chief Patron

Sen. Robert Hurt (R-19)

Robert Hurt (R-19)
Chatham, VA
Served: 2007–

Progress

Yes Introduced
Yes Passed Committee
Yes Passed House
Yes Passed Senate
Yes Signed by Governor
Yes Became Law

Status

03/19/2007: signed by governor

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Summary

False statements to obtain property or credit; fraudulent credit card application; penalty.  Raises penalty for making a false statement to obtain credit from a Class 2 to a Class 1 misdemeanor. Characterizes the crime of fraudulently obtaining less than $200 worth of goods, services, etc. as petit larceny rather than a Class 1 misdemeanor. (Obtaining $200 or more is already described as grand larceny.) Defines a written false statement to include information transmitted, other than by voice transmission, by computer, facsimile, e-mail, Internet, or any other electronic or optical medium.

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