A. In any case where the municipal court clerk accepts any personal check or other form of a negotiable instrument from the defendant or from any person acting for or on his or her behalf in the payment of a fine or as bail for his or her appearance for arraignment, trial or a hearing, and the check or instrument proves to be on a closed account or is insufficient, false, bogus, a forgery, or otherwise dishonored for any reason, the municipal court clerk shall not be civilly liable personally or upon his or her official bond for the amount of such instrument or for the amount of the fine imposed in the case, or criminally liable therefor.
B. A personal check or other instrument tendered to the municipal court clerk for bail or for the payment of fine and costs, if dishonored and returned to the clerk for any reason other than the lack of proper endorsement, shall constitute nonpayment of bail or fine, as the case may be, and the court, in addition to any civil or criminal remedy otherwise provided by law, may issue a bench warrant for the arrest of the person named on the citation to require his or her appearance on the charge specified. (2002 Code § 2.36.230; amd. 2013 Code)