Calaveras County District Attorney
Bad Check Restitution Program

• The amount is no more than $2,500 (or multiple checks not exceeding this limit). There are no minimum dollar restrictions.
  
• It was received in Calaveras County, deposited in a bank in exchange for
  goods or services and was presumed “good” at the time of acceptance.
• A “Courtesy Notice” was sent to check writer allowing 10 days to make the check good.
• A photo I.D. (driver’s license or state identification card) was recorded at the
  time of transaction.

• It is post-dated.
• Both parties knew there were insufficient funds at the time of transaction.
• It is a two-party, government, credit card, payroll check.
• The identity of the check writer is unknown.
• There is no amount, date or signature on the check.
• The check has not been processed by a bank.
• The numeric and written amounts on the check do not match.
• The check involves an “extension of credit".