Senate Engrossed gift cards; theft; forgery State of Arizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025 SENATE BILL 1351 An Act amending title 13, chapter 18, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 13-1813; amending section 13-2002, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to theft. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Senate Engrossed gift cards; theft; forgery
State of Arizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025
SENATE BILL 1351
Senate Engrossed
gift cards; theft; forgery
State of Arizona
Senate
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
2025
SENATE BILL 1351
An Act
amending title 13, chapter 18, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 13-1813; amending section 13-2002, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to theft.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Title 13, chapter 18, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 13-1813, to read: START_STATUTE13-1813. Gift card theft; classification; definition A. A person commits gift card theft if, with the intent to defraud, the person knowingly does any of the following: 1. acquires possession of a gift card or gift card information without the consent of the gift card holder, issuer or seller. 2. acquires possession of a gift card or gift card information by exploiting the gift card holder, issuer or seller. 3. Obtains money, goods, services or anything else of value with a gift card or gift card information that was acquired in violation of paragraph 1 of this subsection. B. Gift card theft is a class 4 felony. C. For the purposes of this section, "gift card" means a physical or digital closed-loop or open-loop gift card that is activated or inactivated. END_STATUTE Sec. 2. Section 13-2002, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE13-2002. Forgery; classification; definitions A. A person commits forgery if, with intent to defraud, the person: 1. Falsely makes, completes or alters a written instrument; or 2. Knowingly possesses a forged instrument; or 3. Offers or presents, whether accepted or not, a forged instrument or one that contains false information. B. The possession of five or more forged instruments may give rise to an inference that the instruments are possessed with an intent to defraud. C. Forgery is a class 4 felony, INCLUDING IF THE FORGED INSTRUMENT IS A GIFT CARD, except that if the forged instrument is used in connection with the purchase, lease or renting of a dwelling that is used as a drop house, it is a class 3 felony. D. For the purposes of this subsection, section: 1. "Drop house" means property that is used to facilitate smuggling pursuant to section 13-2319. 2. "Gift card" has the SAME meaning prescribed in section 13-1813. END_STATUTE
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 13, chapter 18, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 13-1813, to read:
START_STATUTE13-1813. Gift card theft; classification; definition
A. A person commits gift card theft if, with the intent to defraud, the person knowingly does any of the following:
1. acquires possession of a gift card or gift card information without the consent of the gift card holder, issuer or seller.
2. acquires possession of a gift card or gift card information by exploiting the gift card holder, issuer or seller.
3. Obtains money, goods, services or anything else of value with a gift card or gift card information that was acquired in violation of paragraph 1 of this subsection.
B. Gift card theft is a class 4 felony.
C. For the purposes of this section, "gift card" means a physical or digital closed-loop or open-loop gift card that is activated or inactivated. END_STATUTE
Sec. 2. Section 13-2002, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE13-2002. Forgery; classification; definitions
A. A person commits forgery if, with intent to defraud, the person:
1. Falsely makes, completes or alters a written instrument; or
2. Knowingly possesses a forged instrument; or
3. Offers or presents, whether accepted or not, a forged instrument or one that contains false information.
B. The possession of five or more forged instruments may give rise to an inference that the instruments are possessed with an intent to defraud.
C. Forgery is a class 4 felony, INCLUDING IF THE FORGED INSTRUMENT IS A GIFT CARD, except that if the forged instrument is used in connection with the purchase, lease or renting of a dwelling that is used as a drop house, it is a class 3 felony.
D. For the purposes of this subsection, section:
1. "Drop house" means property that is used to facilitate smuggling pursuant to section 13-2319.
2. "Gift card" has the SAME meaning prescribed in section 13-1813. END_STATUTE