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  • In this subchapter unless the context otherwise requires:
    • (a) “Personal identification document” means a birth certificate, a drivers license, a state identification card, a public, government, or private employment identification card, a Social Security card, a firearm owner's identification card, a credit card, a debit card, or a passport issued to or on behalf of a person other than the offender, or any document made or issued, or falsely purported to have been made or issued, by or under the authority of the United States Government, the Government of the Virgin Islands, or any other state political subdivision of any state or territory, or any other governmental or quasi-governmental organization that is of a type intended for the purpose of identification of an individual, or any such document made or altered in a manner that it falsely purports to have been made on behalf of or issued to another person or by the authority of one who did not give that authority.

    • (b) “Personal identifying information” means any of the following information:

      • (1) A person's name;

      • (2) A person's address;

      • (3) A person's date of birth;

      • (4) A person's telephone number;

      • (5) A person's drivers license number or identification card as assigned by the Virgin Islands Police Department or a similar agency of another state or territory;

      • (6) A person's Social Security number;

      • (7) A person's public, private, or government employer, place of employment, or employment identification number;

      • (8) The maiden name of a person's mother

      • (9) The number assigned to a person's depository account, savings account, or brokerage account;

      • (10) The number assigned to a person's credit or debit card, commonly known as a “Visa Card”, “Master Card”, “American Express Card”, “Discover Card”, or other similar cards, whether issued by a financial institution, corporation, or business entity;

      • (11) Personal identification numbers;

      • (12) Electronic identification numbers;

      • (13) Digital signals;

      • (14) Any other numbers or information that can be used to access a person's financial resources, or to identify a specific individual.

    • (c) “Document-making implement” means any implement, impression, template, computer file, computer disc, electronic device, computer hardware, computer software, instrument, or device that is used to make a real or fictitious or fraudulent personal identification document.


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