21-57-6. Instruments and actions for recovery may be combined--Venue.If the same person is the maker, drawer, or issuer of two or more checks, drafts, or orders, such instruments may be combined. An action for their recovery pursuant to §21-57-1 may be brought in any county in which one of the dishonored checks, drafts, or orders were issued or in the county in which the check writer resides. A cause of action under this section may be brought in small claims court, if the amount of the demand does not exceed the jurisdiction of that court, or in any other appropriate court. Source: SL 1999, ch 112, §6.
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