23-1A-14. Receipt for deposit--Check as receipt--Stop payment and failure to appear as misdemeanor.A person receiving a deposit shall furnish a numbered receipt to the defendant if requested. A person receiving a deposit may allow a defendant to submit a check for the amount of the deposit, and such check shall be considered to be the receipt required by this section. Such check shall be deemed to have been issued for present consideration. Any person who issues a 'stop payment' order on such a check and fails to appear in court on the date set for hearing by the summons, is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: SL 1977, ch 193, §12.
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