What's Eligible and What's
Not
Any person who receives a bad check is eligible
to participate in the program, if the following conditions are met:
Eligible
- The check must have been written and passed
within the county of Sacramento.
- The victim must submit a non-sufficient fund
check to the bank TWICE before referring it to the program. Account
closed checks need only be submitted to the bank once.
- The check must be for "goods or services" (not
for CASH only).
Not all NSF checks will be accepted by the program.
Ineligible
- Checks over 60 days old
- Two-party checks
- Stop-payment checks
- Government checks and warrants
- Payroll checks (problems with payroll checks
should be submitted to the local office of the California Labor Commission)
- Post-dated checks
- Checks not presented in person by the writer
(the person who receives the check MUST witness the signature unless
there is a previous business relationship with identifiable records)
- Checks received out of Sacramento County
- Checks held for an agreed time. (Checks held
for an agreed time period constitutes credit to the check-maker)
- Checks made for installment payments on
secured contracts
- Checks which have already been given to a
private collection agency for collection
- Rent checks for rent in advance—checks
for past-due rent are acceptable
The following checks should be brought to the local
law enforcement agency:
- Forged checks
- Fictitious checks
- Out-of-state checks
- False instruments
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