San Joaquin County

As your District Attorney with Sheriff Steve Moore, we have grown increasingly concerned about the negative impact created by bad checks passed to local businesses. Bad checks affect everyone in terms of higher consumer costs that must be passed on to offset losses, and increased taxes to cover the additional costs for law enforcement and prosecution.

We have organized the “Bad Check Restitution Program” with one important goal in mind: to increase the accountability of those who pass bad checks without increasing any adminstrative or financial burden of the criminal justice system.

This is accomplished through public sector resources to educate businesses in preventative check acceptance measures, AND require bad check offenders to complete a special intervention class in addition to paying restitution.

This brochure has been designed to help businesses more fully understand this important program, and how it will serve as a vital resource in the fight against bad checks.

We are confident that your active participation in the San Joaquin County Bad Check Restitution Program will help your business improve its bottom line, and we look forward to working together to find additional solutions to this serious problem.