Warrant over a bad check in Indiana

Rainman · #1 10-20-2006, 09:41 AM

About four years ago I got married and the person I married was a finacial disaster. Well less then a year ago we divorced, and I have finally gotten to where I can start taking care of all the finacial disasters associated with the marriage I had. (creditcard, medical, utilities etc that might still be unpaid). Well imagine my surprise when I find a letter from Wal-Mart for a bounced check (from around 4 years ago also). I don't ever recall seeing the mail before, but I call wal-mart to see if it was paid or if it is still pending. Their corporate office told me they still had it and gave me a number to call to the local branch to take care of the past due amount, which I have called, and they were out to lunch, but I plan to call back and resolve the bad check ($22.89 check with a $20.00 check fee : total of $42.89). Being a Court-TV fan and nowing that this might have excalated further due to time, I decided to check the internet to see if anything existed. Well apparently there is a Criminal Deception warrant in the state/county this occured in for it.

So my question is, once I take care of the issue with Wal-Mart do I also need to contact the state/county this occured in to get this warrant resolved, or would wal-mart handle that? The location is multiple states away from where I live (I am assuming this occured during the honeymoon due to location and date). Or do I need to get ahold of an attorney in that county to resolve it, and what are the odds that I will have to travel there verses being able to resolve it from where I live.

Also, once this is resolved, does this appear on background checks, or can that also be taken care of ?

One thing I have learned for sure, never marry a finacial disasater.

Mr. Knowitall · #2 10-21-2006, 10:41 PM

Wal-Mart will not resolve the warrant for you. You have to do that (yourself or through a lawyer) through the court which issued the warrant. As long as it remains out there, it could appear on background checks.

arkansasgal39 · #3 11-10-2006, 08:10 AM

Something like this happened to me yesterday...my husband went into Wal-Mart as usual and our check was denied so they gave us a number to call...so last night I was informed that in 2002 we had 5 checks to not clear...how can this happen? We have wrote checks in there for 4 years with no problems, same account and everything....can they still act on the Arkansas Hot Check Law after 4 years. We never received anything notifying us about this matter or it would have defiently been taken care of 4 years ago...I am sick over this. Help if you can please? Need advice.

aaron · #4 11-10-2006, 08:33 AM

This sounds like a credit check issue, not a criminal issue. Do you actually believe a warrant was issued for the bad checks?

arkansasgal39 · #5 11-10-2006, 08:43 AM

I don't know about a warrant....I am wondering about the time line to pursue this matter...can they still collect after this long.

aaron · #6 11-10-2006, 10:01 AM

This is a thread and forum about criminal prosecution. Consider starting a new thread in the collection law forum.

jason25 · #7 11-11-2006, 06:01 PM

Quoting aaron

This is a thread and forum about criminal prosecution. Consider starting a new thread in the collection law forum.

this is a criminal issue,walmart sent my friends checks to the da in florida and he had 4 counts of felony worthless checks.In fl it has to be over 150 to be a felony,i dont know what the situation is where you are but run an ncic check on yourself and see if it shows up.I know 2 companies off hand that will do an ncic check for around 30 each,yes i know its illegal but they will run it for you

arkansasgal39 · #8 11-11-2006, 10:46 PM

I have spent 3 days on the phone with Wal-Mart and their corporate office...now I'm being told there was a mistake...they can't find anything in their system about any returned checks...I knew it was not right, or I would have taken care of it long ago...I was sick over this matter for nothing...how can people just accuse you of something and cause such a problem and cause us not to be able to write a check for 3 days and just get away with it? I have had hell this week over stupid stuff. We bought a motor from a Salvage yard and it was shot to hell and the seller refuses a refund on credit card or and exchange for good merchandise. On their reciept it states...AS IS BUT HOWEVER IF MERCHANDISE IS DEFECTIVE IT WILL BE REPLACED. Well the motor was beyond defective...they screwed us big time...so on top of that I didn't need the stress of Wal-Mart.