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A prosecutor will typically base their decision of the severity of the crime and your prior criminal record. If convicted of a felony case of PC 476a writing or passing bad checks, you will be facing up to three years a California state prison, $10,000 fine, and ordered to pay full restitution.

The Demand Letter Your demand letter must request that you be paid the full amount of the check, any bank fees and the cost of mailing the demand. It also tells the person who gave you the bad check, that if they do not pay within 30 days of your mailing the demand letter, you can sue for the check plus damages.

Call the bank Ask if the bank can try depositing the check again. If there still aren't sufficient funds in the customer's account, ask the bank if they can do an enforced collection. This means the next money the customer deposits into their account goes to you.

If your bank credited your account for a check that was later returned unpaid for insufficient funds, the bank can reverse the funds and may charge a fee. As the payee, you must pursue the maker of the check if you wish to seek reimbursement.

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.

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.