Bad Check Laws In Nevada

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Below are the civil and criminal penalties for writing a bad check in Nevada under State Statute CHAPTER 205 - CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY - NRS 205.132 - Issuance of check or draft without sufficient money or credit: Presumptions of intent to defraud and knowledge of insufficiency; malice in causing prosecution, and NRS 205.134 - Issuance of check or draft without sufficient money or credit: Posting notices. The following may apply to a party who wrote a dishonored check unless within 5 days after receiving notice of that the check was unpaid, the drawer pays the holder of the check the full amount due plus any handling charges.

Civil Penalties: Amount due, protest fees, triple amount of check but not less than $100 and no more than $500.

Criminal Penalties: The issuance of a check without sufficient money or with intent to defraud is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 6 months, or by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by both fine and imprisonment, and the issuance of such a check or draft in an amount of $250 or more or by a person who previously has been convicted three times of this or a similar offense is punishable as a category D felony as provided in Nevada State Statute Chapter 193 - NRS 193.130.



For more information on bad check laws and for criminal and civil penalties in other states for writing bad checks, please read Bad Check Laws

Check with your state statutes for the most current information on Nevada bad check laws.

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