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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:
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Eligible:
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- 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).
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| Not all NSF checks will be accepted by the program. |
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Ineligible:
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- 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.
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| 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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