75-17-13 - Liability for issuance of unsolicited credit cards; penalty for collection of excessive finance charge. - Mississippi Statutes

§ 75-17-13. Liability for issuance of unsolicited credit cards; penalty for collection of excessive finance charge.
 

If any credit card is issued to a person who has not requested or accepted by use the issuance of such credit card, the issuer shall be liable to the person whose name appears on the credit card for any damages or expenses, or both, including attorney's fees, which the person incurs due to the use of such credit card without permission of the person to whom it is issued by any person other than the person to whom it is issued or members of his immediate family. Any person who shall willfully collect finance charges under a revolving charge agreement in excess of the maximum permitted under Section 75-17-19 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, may be fined not more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). Each account on which such excess finance charges shall be collected shall constitute a separate offense. 
 

Sources: Laws,  1974, ch. 564, § 3; Laws,  1995, ch. 318, § 1, eff from and after passage (approved March 9, 1995).