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ORDINANCE NO. �I�
The County Board of Supervisors of St. Croix County, Wisconsin does ordain
as follows:
SECTION 1.
No person shall issue any check or other order for the payment of money less
than $500 which, at the time of issuance, he or she intends should not be paid.
SECTION 2.
Any of the following is prima facie evidence that the person at the time he
or she issued the check or other order for the payment of money, intended it should
not be paid:
(a) Proof that, at the time of issuance, the person did not have an
account with the drawee; or
(b) Proof that, at the time of issuance, the person did not have suf-
ficient funds or credit with the drawee and that the person failed within 5 days
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after receiving notice of nonpayment or dishonor to pay the check or other order; or
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(c) Proof that, when presentment was made within a reasonable time, the
person did not have sufficient funds or credit with the drawee and the person failed
within 5 days after receiving notice of nonpayment or .dishonor to pay the check or,,
other order.
SECTION 3.
Refusal to accept or failure to receive notice of nonpayment or dishonor mailed
by first class mail to such person's last known address or the address shown on the
face of the check or other order shall not be a defense to the charge of issuance
of a worthless check, contrary to Section 1 of this ordinance..
SECTION 4.
This ordinance does not apply to a postdated check or to a check given for a
past consideration, except a payroll check.
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SECTION 5.
Any person who violates this ordinance shall, upon conviction, be subject to
a forfeiture of not more than $500 together with costs of prosecution and penalty !
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assessment; and in default of payment of such forfeiture and costs, shall be sub-
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ject to imprisonment in the County Jail until such forfeiture and costs be paid,
but not to exceed 30 days.
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SECTION 6.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after its
proper passage and publication pursuant to Wisconsin Law.
Dated this 15thday of September, 1981
LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMITTEE
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STATE OF WISCONSIN )
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COUNTY OF ST. CROIX )
I, F. Verna Stohlberg, County Clerk in and for said County, do hereby certify
that the foregoing Ordinance No.-49(81) is a true and correct copy of Laid E
Ordinance adopted by the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors at their meeting c;
held on the 15th day of Septiamber, 1981.
F. erna Stohlberg
St. Croix County Clerk U