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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>69648</law_id><section_number>6.2-424</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>19.2-10.1</reference><reference>19.2-56</reference><reference>6.2-431</reference><reference>8.01-420.9</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="6.2">Financial Institutions and Services</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="I">General Provisions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="4">Certain Lending Practices</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="3">Credit Cards</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this article, unless the context otherwise requires:
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Cardholder</span>&#x201D; means the <span class="dictionary">person</span> or organization named on the face of a <span class="dictionary">credit card</span> to whom or for whose benefit the <span class="dictionary">credit card</span> was issued by an <span class="dictionary">issuer</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Credit card</span>&#x201D; means any instrument or device, whether known as a <span class="dictionary">credit card</span>, credit plate, or by any other name, issued with or without fee by an <span class="dictionary">issuer</span> for the use of the <span class="dictionary">cardholder</span> in obtaining money, goods, services, or any other thing of value.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Issuer</span>&#x201D; means the business organization or <span class="dictionary">financial institution</span> or its duly authorized agent that <span class="dictionary">issues</span> a <span class="dictionary">credit card</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Payment device</span>&#x201D; means any <span class="dictionary">credit card</span>, any &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">accepted card or other means of access</span>&#x201D; as defined in 15 U.S.C. &#xA7;&#xA0;1693a(1), or any card that enables a <span class="dictionary">person</span> to pay for transactions through the use of value stored on the card itself.</p></section></text><history>1970, c. 324, &#xA7; 11-30; 2010, c. 794.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
