Using the criminal justice system to collect NSF checks.(Selected topic)

Business Credit, February, 2004 by Spriggs, Curtis

It has long been a controversy in my region of the country, but maybe it's time for a fresh look at using the criminal justice system to recover funds from COD or cash customers who write bad checks. "We don't like to be used as a collection agency" is the phrase often repeated when someone in the criminal justice system is asked about NSF checks.

Maybe it's time the business community pushed prosecutions despite the local governments admonitions. Their position is understandable given the proliferation of crime and the clogged court calendar. No doubt there is also a ...