Felony Worthless Check Offenses
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Understanding Bad Check Charges
Florida law prohibits the passing of worthless checks or stopping payment on a check with the specific intent to defraud under Chapter 832 of Florida Statutes. If you have been arrested for a felony worthless check offense, you should know about three important aspects of the law:
1.) If you knew that there were insufficient funds available in your account to cover the check at the time you obtained goods or services, you have committed this offense.
2.) By passing the check in Pinellas County and exchanging it for goods or services, the law infers that you have already demonstrated the necessary specific intent that the check be honored.
3.) Making later restitution on a worthless check by paying the victim the full amount in cash does not serve as a valid legal defense for the violation of this offense. The court's rationale for this is that the crime was already committed back at the time you originally uttered or passed the worthless check.
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If payment is stopped on a check for goods or services valued at $150.00 or more, the check writer has committed a third degree felony. Additionally, any person who writes a bad check knowing that there are inadequate funds to honor the check, in return for services or goods priced at $150.00 or greater has also committed a third degree felony. Third degree felonies carry sentences of up to five years incarceration in state prison and up to a $5,000.00 fine. Learn more about the implications of a felony conviction here.
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