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If the check is an NSF (Insufficient Funds) check:
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Send a
certified letter to the person who signed the check, to
the address listed on the check. Explain in the letter
you will allow ten days to receive full payment before
you turn the matter over to the DA’s office.
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If
you receive a green returned-receipt card in the
mail, wait until the end of the ten-day period (from
when the card was signed), then bring the green card
and the original check to the DA’s office and we
will provide you a form to complete.
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If
you receive the letter back with “Refused” stamped
on it, you do not have to wait
the full ten days. Bring the letter and the original
check to the DA’s office when you get the letter
back.
If the check was written on a Closed Account:
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No
notice to the hot check writer is required.
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Bring
the original check to the DA’s office and we will
provide you a form to complete.
Check
Fraud Information Form
(àinfo
form):
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To avoid
having to fill out the Theft-by-Check form at the DA’s
office when you come in, you can download the Check
Fraud Information form and already have it completed
when you arrive at our office.
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Our
office only requires one copy of the form; however, we
strongly suggest that you retain a copy for your
personal records.
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The form
must be fully completed, and is a sworn affidavit which
must be signed before a Notary Public. Make sure you
have read and fully understand the facts to which you
are swearing.
Check 21:
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The
Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act, commonly known
as ‘Check 21,’ allows for the truncation of paper checks
and authorizing substitute checks; this means that any
bank or financial institution along the check processing
line can truncate a check by replacing it with an imaged
substitute check. In these cases, a Substitute Check
from a bank is suitable in place of the original check.
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In order
to assist merchants with this additional charge, the
District Attorney’s Office will begin collecting the
merchant fee of $25.00 for all returned checks written
on or after January 1, 2004.
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