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(a) Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this section, shall have the meanings ascribed to them below:

Financial device means any instrument or device that can be used to obtain cash, goods, property, services, or any other thing of value or to make financial payments, including but not limited to a credit card, banking card, debit card, electronic fund transfer card, guaranteed check card, check, a negotiable order of withdrawal, a share draft; or a money order.

Identification document means a document made or issued by or under the authority of the United States government, a state, political subdivision of a state, a foreign government, political subdivision of a foreign government, an international governmental, or an international quasi-governmental organization which, when completed with information concerning a particular individual, is of a type intended or commonly accepted for the purpose of identification of individuals, including but not limited to a driver's license, government-issued identification card, social security card, or passport.

(b) A person commits criminal possession of an identification document if the person knowingly has in his or her possession or under his or her control another person's identification document, knowing that he or she does so without permission or lawful authority.

(c) A person commits criminal possession of a financial device if the person has in his or her possession or under his or her control another person's or entity's financial device knowing that he or she does so without permission or lawful authority.

(d) It shall be an affirmative defense that the defendant had made provable or documented attempts to return a found identification document or found financial device to the rightful owner or rightful account holder before the charging of this offense. (Ord. No. 2019-08, § 1, 3-18-2019)