(a) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to obtain any money, services, goods or other property or thing of value by means of a check, draft, or order for the payment of money or its equivalent upon any bank or depository, knowing at the time of the making, drawing, issuing, uttering or delivering of such check, draft or order that there are not sufficient funds on deposit in or to his credit with such bank or other depository with which to pay the same upon presentation. The making, drawing, issuing, uttering, or delivery of any such check, draft or order, for or on behalf of any corporation, or its name, by any officer or agent of such corporation, shall subject such officer or agent to the penalties of this section to the same extent as though such check, draft or order was his own personal act, when such agent or officer knows that such corporation does not have sufficient funds on deposit in or to its credit with such bank or depository from which such check, draft or order can legally be paid upon presentment.
(b) This section shall not apply to any such check, draft or order when the payee or holder knows or has been expressly notified prior to the acceptance of same or has reason to believe that the drawer did not have on deposit or to his credit with the drawee sufficient funds to insure payment as aforesaid, nor shall this section apply to any postdated check, draft or order.
(c) No prosecution shall be confined to the provisions of this section by virtue of the fact that worthless checks, drafts, or orders may be employed in the commission of some other criminal act.
(d) Any person who violates the provisions of this section, if the amount of the check, draft, or order is less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00), or imprisoned not more than thirty days or both fined and imprisoned.
(e) Any person who violates the provisions of this section if the amount of the check, draft or order is five hundred dollars ($500.00) or more shall be prosecuted under state law.
(Ord. 685. Passed 9-9-85.)