§ 14-113.20. Identity theft. - North Carolina Statutes

Article 19C.

Identity Theft.

§ 14‑113.20.  Identitytheft.

(a)        A person whoknowingly obtains, possesses, or uses identifying information of anotherperson, living or dead, with the intent to fraudulently represent that theperson is the other person for the purposes of making financial or credittransactions in the other person's name, to obtain anything of value, benefit,or advantage, or for the purpose of avoiding legal consequences is guilty of afelony punishable as provided in G.S. 14‑113.22(a).

(b)        The term"identifying information" as used in this Article includes thefollowing:

(1)        Social security oremployer taxpayer identification numbers.

(2)        Drivers license,State identification card, or passport numbers.

(3)        Checking accountnumbers.

(4)        Savings accountnumbers.

(5)        Credit card numbers.

(6)        Debit card numbers.

(7)        PersonalIdentification (PIN) Code as defined in G.S. 14‑113.8(6).

(8)        Electronicidentification numbers, electronic mail names or addresses, Internet accountnumbers, or Internet identification names.

(9)        Digital signatures.

(10)      Any other numbers orinformation that can be used to access a person's financial resources.

(11)      Biometric data.

(12)      Fingerprints.

(13)      Passwords.

(14)      Parent's legalsurname prior to marriage.

(c)        It shall not be aviolation under this Article for a person to do any of the following:

(1)        Lawfully obtaincredit information in the course of a bona fide consumer or commercialtransaction.

(2)        Lawfully exercise,in good faith, a security interest or a right of offset by a creditor orfinancial institution.

(3)        Lawfully comply, ingood faith, with any warrant, court order, levy, garnishment, attachment, orother judicial or administrative order, decree, or directive, when any party isrequired to do so. (1999‑449,s. 1; 2000‑140, s. 37; 2002‑175, s. 4; 2005‑414, s. 6.)