Oklahoma Notice of Bad Check or NSF Check - Civil Laws
This is a Notice of Bad Check or NSF Check - Civil. A "dishonored check" (also known as a "bounced check" or "bad check") is a Bad Check or NSF check which the bank will not pay because there is no such checking account, or there are insufficient funds in the account to pay the Bad Check or NSF check. In order to attempt the greatest possible recovery on a Bad Check or NSF check, the business owner, or any other person given a Bad Check or NSF check, may be required by state law to notify the debtor that the Bad Check or NSF check was dishonored.
Oklahoma Bad Check Law Summary - Oklahoma Notice of Bad Check or NSF Check - Civil Laws
Oklahoma Bad Check Law Summary
Notice of Bad Check or NSF Check
Note: This summary is not intended to be an all inclusive summary of the Oklahoma bad check laws, but does contain basic and other provisions.
Title 21. Crimes and Punishments.
Chapter 61. False Pretenses, False Presentations, Cheats and Frauds § 21-1541.1.
Obtaining or Attempting to Obtain Property by Trick or Deception - False
Statements or Pretenses - Confidence Game - Penalty.
Every person who, with intent to cheat and defraud, shall obtain or attempt to
obtain from any person, firm or corporation any money, property or valuable
thing, of a value less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00), by means or by use of any
trick or deception, or false or fraudulent representation or statement or
pretense, or by any other means or instruments or device commonly called the
"confidence game", or by means or use of any false or bogus bad check or NSF
checks, or by any other written or printed or engraved instrument or spurious
coin, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be
punished by a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by
imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
Title 21. Crimes and Punishments.
Chapter 61. False Pretenses, False Personations, Cheats and Frauds § 21-1541.2.
Value of fifty dollars or more but less than Five Hundred Dollars - Value of
Five Hundred Dollars or more - Penalties.
If the value of the money, property or valuable thing referred to in Section
1541.1[21-1541.1] of this title is Fifty Dollars ($50.00) or more but less than
Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), any person convicted pursuant to this section
shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by incarceration in the county
jail for not to exceed one (1) year or incarceration in the county jail one or
more nights or weekends pursuant to Section 991a-2[22-991a-2] of Title 22 of the
Oklahoma Statutes, at the option of the court, and shall be subject to a fine of
not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) and ordered to provide
restitution to the victim as provided in Section 991a[22-991a] of Title 22 of
the Oklahoma Statutes, and if the value is Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or
more, any person convicted hereunder shall be deemed guilty of a felony and
shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a term not more
than ten (10) years, or by a fine not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars
($5,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Title 21. Crimes and Punishments.
Chapter 61. False Pretenses, False Personations, Cheats and Frauds § 21-1541.3.
False or Bogus bad check or NSF checks, Drafts, Etc. - Penalty.
Any person making, drawing, uttering or delivering two or more false or bogus
bad check or NSF checks, drafts or orders, as defined by Section
1541.4[21-1541.4] of this title, the total sum of which is Five Hundred Dollars
($500.00) or more, even though each separate instrument is written for less than
Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), all in pursuance of a common scheme or plan to
cheat and defraud, shall be deemed guilty of a felony and shall be punished by
imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a term not more than ten (10) years,
or by a fine not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such
fine and imprisonment. If the total sum of two or more false or bogus bad check
or NSF checks, drafts or orders is Fifty Dollars ($50.00) or more, but less than
Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), the person shall be guilty of a felony and shall
be punished by incarceration in the county jail for not more than one (1) year
or by incarceration in the county jail one or more nights or weekends pursuant
to Section 991a-2[22-991a-2] of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes, at the option
of the court, and shall be subject to a fine of not more than Five Thousand
Dollars ($5,000.00) and ordered to provide restitution to the victim as provided
in Section 991a[22-991a] of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
Title 21. Crimes and Punishments.
Chapter 61. False Pretenses, False Personations, Cheats and Frauds § 21-1541.4.
False or Bogus bad check or NSF check or bad check or NSF checks Defined.
The term "false or bogus bad check or NSF check or bad check or NSF checks"
shall include bad check or NSF checks or orders which are not honored on account
of insufficient funds of the maker to pay same, or because the bad check or NSF
check or order was drawn on a closed account or on a nonexistent account when
such bad check or NSF checks or orders are given in exchange for money or
property or in exchange for any benefit or thing of value, as against the maker
or drawer thereof, the making, drawing, uttering or delivering of a bad check or
NSF check, draft or order, payment of which is refused by the drawee, shall be
prima facie evidence of intent to defraud and the knowledge of insufficient
funds in, or credit with, such bank or other depository; provided, such maker or
drawer shall not have paid the drawee thereof the amount due thereon, together
with the protest fees, within five (5) days from the date the same is presented
for payment; and provided, further, that said bad check or NSF check or order is
presented for payment within thirty (30) days after same is delivered and
accepted.