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SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES: Sec. A14-30. Returned checks.

Copyrighted by SANTA CLARA COUNTY CODE & Municipal Code Corporation, 1998.

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Sec. A14-30. Returned checks.

Pursuant to Government Code § 6157, a charge shall be imposed for each personal check drawn in favor of or accepted on behalf of the County, in payment of any obligation, which is returned without payment for any reason. This charge shall not exceed the actual processing and collection costs incurred by the County. The Director of Finance is directed to prescribe procedures for the imposition of this charge, to determine the costs incurred by the County, and to prescribe a different method of payment for this and future obligations of the drawer of the returned check.

(Ord. No. NS-300.174, § 1, 4-10-73; Ord. No. NS-300.323, § 1, 10-14-80; Ord. No. NS-300.520, § I, 6-8-93)

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