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You may be responsible for repaying the entire amount of the check. While bank policies and state laws vary, you may have to pay the bank the entire amount of the fraudulent check that you cashed or deposited into your account. You may have to pay overdraft fees.

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.

A Simple Misdemeanor Theft Charge on a Bad Check may be Filed IF: The check is for $200 or less. (For greater amounts, the appropriate law enforcement agency will investigate and inform the County Attorney's office.)

Your check was dated [date of check] and was drawn on the [name of bank]. The account was in the name of [name on account holder]. Your bank returned the check to us due to insufficient funds (or because the account was closed). You must make payment to us immediately to avoid legal action.

Checks are essentially an IOU for money. When you write a check, you effectively promise the payee that you have enough money in your account to cover its amount. The bank will "bounce" the check if you write a bad one because there are insufficient funds in your account to cover it. It will decline to pay the amount.

Send certified mail. The check you wrote for $________, dated ______, which was made payable to _____________(write your/payee's name here), was returned by ______________ (write name of bank) because ____________(account was closed OR the account had insufficient funds).