56:8-153 Definitions relative to unsolicited credit cards, checks.
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1. As used in this act:
"Check" means a demand draft drawn on or payable through an office of a depository institution located in the United States that has imprinted on it the account holder's name and the depository institution's name, location and routing number.
"Credit card" means any card, plate, coupon book, or other single credit device that may be used from time to time to obtain credit.
"Unsolicited check" means any check mailed or otherwise delivered to a person for the purpose of drawing on an existing account that is an extension of credit or activating an account to obtain credit other than:
(1)in response to a request or application for a check or account; or
(2)as a substitute for a check or account previously issued to the person to whom the check is mailed or otherwise delivered.
"Unsolicited credit card" means any credit card mailed or otherwise delivered to a person other than:
(1)in response to a request or application for a credit card; or
(2)as a renewal or substitute for a credit card previously issued to the person to whom the credit card is mailed or otherwise delivered.
L.2004,c.159,s.1.