(a) Any person who reports or attempts to report a credit card as being lost, stolen, or mislaid knowing the report to be false violates this subsection and shall be fined not more than $1,000.00 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

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Terms Used In Alabama Code 13A-9-15

  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) Any cardholder who, with intent to defraud, uses a credit card which has previously been reported lost, stolen, or mislaid violates this subsection and shall be fined not more than $1,000.00 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.