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322.1235

322.1235 Article 123a Making, drawing, or uttering check, draft, or order without sufficient funds.

322.1235(1)

(1) Any person who, for the procurement of any article or thing of value, with intent to defraud; or for the payment of any past due obligation or for any other purpose, with intent to deceive; makes, draws, utters, or delivers any check, draft, or order for the payment of money upon any bank or other depository, knowing at the time that the maker or drawer has not or will not have sufficient funds in, or credit with, the bank or other depository for the payment of that check, draft, or order in full upon its presentment shall be punished as a court martial may direct.

322.1235(2)

(2) The making, drawing, uttering, or delivering by a maker or drawer of a check, draft, or order, payment of which is refused by the drawee because of insufficient funds of the maker or drawer in the drawee's possession or control, is prima facie evidence of his or her intent to defraud or deceive and of his or her knowledge of insufficient funds in, or credit with, that bank or other depository, unless the maker or drawer pays the holder the amount due within 5 days after receiving notice, orally or in writing, that the check, draft, or order was not paid on presentment.

322.1235(3)

(3) In this section, the word "credit" means an arrangement or understanding, express or implied, with the bank or other depository for the payment of that check, draft, or order.

322.1235 - ANNOT.

History: 2007 a. 200; 2009 a. 179.