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Title 17, Chapter 59: FRAUD AND FALSE PRETENSES
Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS
17 §1601. Cheating by false pretenses (REPEALED)
17 §1602. Obtaining long distance telephone service without payment (REPEALED)
17 §1603. Uttering fraudulent receipts
17 §1603-A. Fraud against State (REPEALED)
17 §1604. False financial statements (REPEALED)
17 §1605. Fraudulent checks (REPEALED)
17 §1606. -- payment in 5 days or prima facie case of fraud (REPEALED)
17 §1607. Credit defined (REPEALED)
17 §1608. Procuring money by false pretense of physical defects (REPEALED)
17 §1608-A. Sale of finger alphabet cards as inducement in the sale of merchandise
17 §1609. False representations of standard for sale of sterling and coin silver articles (REPEALED)
17 §1609-A. Resetting, tampering or disconnecting odometers on motor vehicles (REPEALED)
17 §1610. Misrepresenting livestock
17 §1611. Disguising horses in premium shows
17 §1612. Gross fraud at common law (REPEALED)
17 §1613. Fraudulent conveyances or assignments (REPEALED)
17 §1614. Removal or concealment of mortgaged personal property (REPEALED)
17 §1615. Defrauding garage owner; posting copy of law (REPEALED)
17 §1616. Transfer tickets (REPEALED)
17 §1617. Tampering with street railway fare-box or use of mutilated coins (REPEALED)
17 §1618. Corporate acts after forfeiture of charter
17 §1619. Circulating advertisements in similitude of bank bills (REPEALED)
17 §1620. Fraudulent advertising; exemptions (REPEALED)
17 §1621. Use of false or unauthorized credit devices (REPEALED)
17 §1622. Notice of credit revocation (REPEALED)
17 §1623. Obtaining transportation on ski lift (REPEALED)
17 §1624. Definitions (REPEALED)
17 §1625. False statement as to financial condition or identity (REPEALED)
17 §1626. Theft of credit card; forgery (REPEALED)
17 §1627. Fraudulent use of illegally obtained credit card, forged credit card or expired credit card (REPEALED)
17 §1628. Fraud by person authorized to provide goods or services (REPEALED)
17 §1629. Possession of machinery, plates or other contrivance or incomplete credit cards (REPEALED)
17 §1630. Receipt of money, goods, services or anything else of value (REPEALED)
17 §1631. Defenses not available (REPEALED)
17 §1632. Presumptions (REPEALED)
17 §1633. Penalties (REPEALED)
17 §1634. Construction (REPEALED)
17 §1635. Civil liability (REPEALED)
17 §1636. Posing as Indian in vending
17 §1637. False claims of membership in federally recognized tribe in the State
Subchapter 2: COMMERCIAL FRAUDS
Article 1: BILLS OF LADING
17 §1661. Issue of bill for goods not received
17 §1662. Issue of bill containing false statement
17 §1663. Issue of duplicate bills not so marked
17 §1664. Negotiation of bill for mortgaged goods
17 §1665. Negotiation of bill when not in carrier's possession
17 §1666. Inducing carrier to issue bill when goods not received
17 §1667. Issue of nonnegotiable bill not so marked
Article 2: WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS
17 §1701. Issue of receipt for goods not received
17 §1702. Issue of receipt containing false statement
17 §1703. Issue of duplicate receipts not so marked
17 §1704. Issue for warehouseman's goods of receipts which do not so state
17 §1705. Delivery of goods without obtaining negotiable receipt
17 §1706. Negotiation of receipt for mortgaged goods
Subchapter 3: MARITIME FRAUDS
17 §1751. Fraudulent destruction of vessels
17 §1752. False invoices, bills of lading or estimates of property shipped
17 §1753. False affidavits or protests
17 §1754. Aiding sailors to desert
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