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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.

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).

If someone writes you a check that bounces after you deposit it, your bank can reverse the deposit and charge you an NSF fee or ?returned item? fee. If you want to retrieve the money from the writer of the check, it's up to you to take care of it.

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.

After you find out that the check bounced, contact the bank. Even though the check bounced at one time, there might be sufficient funds now. 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.

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.