(1) No person shall use a scanning device to access, read, obtain, memorize, or store, temporarily or permanently, information encoded on the magnetic strip or stripe of a payment card with the intent to defraud the authorized user, the issuer of the authorized user’s payment card, or a merchant.
(2) No person shall use a reencoder to place information encoded on the magnetic strip or stripe of a payment card onto the magnetic strip or stripe of a different card with the intent to defraud the authorized user, the issuer of the authorized user’s payment card, or a merchant.

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Effective: July 13, 2004
History: Created 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 27, sec. 1, effective July 13, 2004.