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Penalties for Passing a Bad Check in Utah If the check or series of checks within a period not exceeding six months amounts to a sum that is less than $500, the offense will be a class B misdemeanor, with criminal penalties of up up to 6 months in jail and fines up to $1,000.

A bad check is a check the bank will not honor. There are three kinds of bad checks. Non-Sufficient Funds (NSF) checks: A check is NSF if there is not enough money in the account to pay it or the account is closed. Stop Payment checks: The person who wrote the check told the bank to stop payment.

Accept Only Cashier's Checks A cashier's check offers the greatest protection to the recipient as they can't be reversed. Cashier's checks are treated as guaranteed funds because the bank, rather than the purchaser, is responsible for paying the amount. The same goes for a wire transfer to your company's bank account.

Writing a bad check is a crime if the check writer knew that there were insufficient funds to cover the check and intended to defraud you. It is also a crime to forge a check or write a check.

Criminal charges for issuing a bad check can be found under Utah Code § 76-5-505. Under the law, anyone who issues a check knowing that there is no money to back it up and the person drawing on the check will not be paid may be criminally charged.

76-6-505 Issuing a bad check or draft -- Presumption. (ii) For purposes of this Subsection (2)(a), an actor who issues a check or draft for which payment is refused by the drawee is presumed to know the check or draft would not be paid if the actor had no account with the drawee at the time of issue.