Certified or guaranteed check required, when
When someone pays child support by check and the check bounces (has no money to cover it), the state can charge that person a fee of up to $25 to cover the cost of dealing with the bad check. After that happens, the state can also require that any future checks from that person be certified or guaranteed, meaning the bank promises the money is there. That $25 fee is treated the same as a support payment and can be collected the same way.
454.551. or required, when — fee for s, amount. — 1. The may require, after notice to the , that any check paid to the by the obligor must be certified or guaranteed for payment. An of a check other than a shall not be required to pay by certified or guaranteed check, unless an insufficient funds check is received and the of this section have been followed.
2. In addition to any fees imposed section 454.425, the payment center, when by the division, or the state may charge a fee not to exceed twenty-five dollars for processing an insufficient funds check as a for the costs of processing such check, and may a notice to the originator of any such check that no further checks will be accepted unless the check is certified or guaranteed for payment. The division may collect the fee which shall be considered a for pursuant to this chapter.
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Source & history notes
(L. 1999 S.B. 291) Effective 7-01-99
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