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If you try to cash or deposit a check and it comes back as bad, your first step is to reach out to the person who wrote the check and try to resolve the situation. Get payment for the check amount, as well as any fees you were charged, if possible. You can also call the bank.

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).

Many people who deposit checks are unknowing victims. But depositing a check, even if you didn't realize it, can have serious consequences: You may have to pay back the full amount of the check. In most cases, once a check is found to be fraudulent, the amount will be charged to your bank account.

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.

Wait and redeposit the check: The check issuer may ask you to simply wait a few days and redeposit the check. If you can, try to cash the check at the issuer's bank so that if it bounces again, you won't get hit with another NSF charge by your bank.

To criminally prosecute a bad check, South Carolina law states a check must be deposited within 10 days of receipt, the check cannot be postdated, that there was no agreement to hold the check, and a warrant must be obtained within 180 days from the date the check was received.