California · Penal Code
PEN §484e: (a) Every person who, with intent to defraud, sells, transfers, or conveys, an access card, without the cardholder’s or issuer’s consent, is guilty of grand theft.
What this law says, in plain English
Unlawfully selling, transferring, or possessing access cards or their account information with intent to defraud—without cardholder or issuer consent—constitutes grand or petty theft depending on the conduct.
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