The bad check unit was created to assist the business community and private citizens of this county in obtaining monies lost with regard to the writing of bad checks. The program operates as follows:

When a business or private citizen receives a bad check, they must notify the individual responsible, via certified letter, that a check has been returned to the bank. The letter should indicate the reason for the return of the check. That is, insufficient funds or lack of an open account or non existent account. The business/citizen must allow the individual ten days to make the check good. If they do not do so within that time frame, our office should be contacted by the business or private citizen. They would then forward a copy of the bad check, the letter sent to the individual and a copy of the certified return receipt to this office and then the bad check unit handles the case from there. At that time, the unit will make a demand of the individual to make the check good within ten days. If this request is not met, the State's Attorney's Office will proceed with court action and move forward with the prosecution. After a conviction, restitution is ordered from the defendant to the victim in the amount of the bad check.