Wyoming Statutes

Wyo. Stat. § 6-3-802 (2026)

Unlawful use of credit card, charge card or debit

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card; penalties.

     (a) A person is guilty of unlawful use of a credit card,
charge card or debit card if, with the intent to obtain property
or services by fraud, he:

          (i) Uses a credit card, charge card or debit card, or
the number or description of a credit card, charge card or debit
card, issued to another person without the consent of that
person;

          (ii) Uses a credit card, charge card or debit card
which he knows has been revoked, cancelled or expired; or
          (iii) Knowingly uses a falsified, mutilated or
altered credit card, charge card, debit card or the number or
description thereof.

     (b)   Unlawful use of a credit card, charge card or debit
card is:

          (i) A misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not
more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred
fifty dollars ($750.00.00), or both, if the value of the
property or services purchased or obtained is less than one
thousand dollars ($1,000.00); or

           (ii)   Repealed by Laws 1984, ch. 44, § 3.

          (iii) A felony punishable by imprisonment for not
more than ten (10) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand
dollars ($10,000.00), or both, if the value of the property or
services purchased or obtained in violation of this section
within any sixty (60) day period in the state of Wyoming totals
one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or more in the aggregate.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 10 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1984–2022 · leading case: Martindale v. State, 2001 WY 52 (Wyo. 2001).

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Martindale v. State, 2001 WY 52 (Wyo. 2001). · cites it 4× “Wyo.Stat.Ann. § 6-3-802 (LEXIS 1999) states: § 6-3-8022.”

Howard v. State, 2002 WY 40 (Wyo. 2002). · cites it 2× “§§ 6-1-3808 (a) and 6-3-602(a) and (b), and one count of unlawful use of a credit card in violation of Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 6-3-802 (a2)(@) and (b)Gii).”

Cooper v. State, 2008 WY 5 (Wyo. 2008). · cites it 2× “§ 6-3-407 (a)(), and one count of unlawful use of a credit card under Wyo. Stat. Ann § 6-3-802(a)(b)(G). [¶6] Prior to trial, Cooper filed a Motion in Limine to exclude testimony from the State's document examiner, Casper Police Officer Chris Reed, but after a hearing on the…”

Schuler v. State, 181 P.3d 929 (Wyo. 2008). · cites it 2× “Schuler with five counts of unlawful use of a credit card in violation of Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-3-802 (a) and (b)) (LexisNexis 2007).”

TEMEN v. State, 2009 WY 25 (Wyo. 2009). · cites it 2× “00, in violation of Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-3-802 (a)(1) and (b)(ii).”

Snow v. State, 270 P.3d 656 (Wyo. 2012). · cites it 2× “§ 6-3-301 (a) (LexisNexis 2011) and unlawful use of a credit card, in violation of Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-3-802 (a)(i)(b)(1) (LexisNexis 2011).”

Stanton v. State, 686 P.2d 587 (Wyo. 1984). “1977, June 1983 Replacement) and § 6-3-108 (now § 6-3-802, W.S. 1977, June 1983 Replacement).”

United States v. Christy, 18 M.J. 688 (1984). “43 (West 1982); Wyo.Stat. § 6-3-802 (1983).”

Jeffrey Brian Martinez v. The State of Wyoming, 2022 WY 63 (Wyo. 2022). · cites it 2× “Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-3-802 (a)(i). The district court imposed a sentence of three to five years.”

Alonso v. State, 712 P.2d 355 (Wyo. 1986). “Appeal is taken from these convictions upon the theory that appellant could only have been charged under the credit card fraud section, being § 6-3-802, W.S. 1977, 1985 Cum.Supp. It is seldom that an appellant confronts a case so nearly identical as Hutchins v.”

— Wyo. Stat. § 6-3-802(a) — 1 case

Martindale v. State, 2001 WY 52 (Wyo. 2001). “Wyo.Stat.Ann. § 6-3-802 (LEXIS 1999) states: § 6-3-8022.”

— Wyo. Stat. § 6-3-802(a)(b)(G) — 1 case

Cooper v. State, 2008 WY 5 (Wyo. 2008). “§ 6-3-407 (a)(), and one count of unlawful use of a credit card under Wyo. Stat. Ann § 6-3-802(a)(b)(G). [¶6] Prior to trial, Cooper filed a Motion in Limine to exclude testimony from the State's document examiner, Casper Police Officer Chris Reed, but after a hearing on the…”

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