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  1. #1
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    Default Writing a Bad Check for Taxes

    My question involves criminal law for the state of: Arkansas.
    I wrote a check to pay my personal property tax so I could renew the tags on my vehicle. At the time the check was written the funds to cover it were in my account. By the time they sent the check to my bank to be processed , something else had cleared first and my account was short the amount needed to cover it.

    I have not received anything by mail stating a warrant has been issued, but I did check a site online for active warrants and it shows one exists. Am I going to have to go to jail over this or what is the process going to entail. I live In Cleburne County. I am on disability and live alone. Is there a way to avoid being put in jail over this? The amount of the check was $999.53

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    Default Re: Hot Check Violation

    How long ago did this happen and why haven't you sent a good check or have the first check re-deposited with enough funds to cover it?

    If this was in fact just a mistake, then I would doubt you will be going to jail. However, if you write a check knowing you do not have the funds to cover it, that is fraud and is a crime. Presumably, you knew what checks you had already written so you must have known that you did not have enough funds to cover both checks.

    Or were you check kiting?

    Check kiting is a form of check fraud, involving taking advantage of the float to make use of non-existent funds in a checking or other bank account.

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