Are all bad check cases criminal cases?
No, in the following cases the crime would be civil, not criminal: • Full or partial payment of a debt • Stopped payment checks, if there was no intent to defraud • Two-party checks – checks written by one person and uttered by another • Checks given in payment of a previous bad check • Checks written in payment of a past due debt • Checks written in payment for rent • Checks received through the mail • Post-dated checks or checks the victim was asked to hold before depositing • Checks signed by someone other than the account holder
