1 | 1 | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2566 Introduced , by Rep. Katie Stuart SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/17-1 from Ch. 38, par. 17-1 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits a deceptive practice when he or she knowingly makes a false or deceptive statement addressed to the public for the purpose of promoting the sale or lease (rather than only the sale) of property or services. Provides that a violation is a Class A misdemeanor. LRB103 25855 RLC 52206 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2566 Introduced , by Rep. Katie Stuart SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 720 ILCS 5/17-1 from Ch. 38, par. 17-1 720 ILCS 5/17-1 from Ch. 38, par. 17-1 Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits a deceptive practice when he or she knowingly makes a false or deceptive statement addressed to the public for the purpose of promoting the sale or lease (rather than only the sale) of property or services. Provides that a violation is a Class A misdemeanor. LRB103 25855 RLC 52206 b LRB103 25855 RLC 52206 b A BILL FOR |
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2 | 2 | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2566 Introduced , by Rep. Katie Stuart SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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3 | 3 | | 720 ILCS 5/17-1 from Ch. 38, par. 17-1 720 ILCS 5/17-1 from Ch. 38, par. 17-1 |
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5 | 5 | | Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits a deceptive practice when he or she knowingly makes a false or deceptive statement addressed to the public for the purpose of promoting the sale or lease (rather than only the sale) of property or services. Provides that a violation is a Class A misdemeanor. |
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11 | 11 | | 1 AN ACT concerning criminal law. |
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12 | 12 | | 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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13 | 13 | | 3 represented in the General Assembly: |
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14 | 14 | | 4 Section 5. The Criminal Code of 2012 is amended by |
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15 | 15 | | 5 changing Section 17-1 as follows: |
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16 | 16 | | 6 (720 ILCS 5/17-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 17-1) |
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17 | 17 | | 7 Sec. 17-1. Deceptive practices. |
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18 | 18 | | 8 (A) General deception. |
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19 | 19 | | 9 A person commits a deceptive practice when, with intent to |
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20 | 20 | | 10 defraud, the person does any of the following: |
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21 | 21 | | 11 (1) He or she knowingly causes another, by deception |
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22 | 22 | | 12 or threat, to execute a document disposing of property or |
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23 | 23 | | 13 a document by which a pecuniary obligation is incurred. |
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24 | 24 | | 14 (2) Being an officer, manager or other person |
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25 | 25 | | 15 participating in the direction of a financial institution, |
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26 | 26 | | 16 he or she knowingly receives or permits the receipt of a |
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27 | 27 | | 17 deposit or other investment, knowing that the institution |
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28 | 28 | | 18 is insolvent. |
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29 | 29 | | 19 (3) He or she knowingly makes a false or deceptive |
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30 | 30 | | 20 statement addressed to the public for the purpose of |
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31 | 31 | | 21 promoting the sale or lease of property or services. |
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35 | 35 | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2566 Introduced , by Rep. Katie Stuart SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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36 | 36 | | 720 ILCS 5/17-1 from Ch. 38, par. 17-1 720 ILCS 5/17-1 from Ch. 38, par. 17-1 |
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37 | 37 | | 720 ILCS 5/17-1 from Ch. 38, par. 17-1 |
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38 | 38 | | Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that a person commits a deceptive practice when he or she knowingly makes a false or deceptive statement addressed to the public for the purpose of promoting the sale or lease (rather than only the sale) of property or services. Provides that a violation is a Class A misdemeanor. |
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66 | 66 | | 1 (B) Bad checks. |
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67 | 67 | | 2 A person commits a deceptive practice when: |
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68 | 68 | | 3 (1) With intent to obtain control over property or to |
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69 | 69 | | 4 pay for property, labor or services of another, or in |
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70 | 70 | | 5 satisfaction of an obligation for payment of tax under the |
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71 | 71 | | 6 Retailers' Occupation Tax Act or any other tax due to the |
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72 | 72 | | 7 State of Illinois, he or she issues or delivers a check or |
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73 | 73 | | 8 other order upon a real or fictitious depository for the |
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74 | 74 | | 9 payment of money, knowing that it will not be paid by the |
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75 | 75 | | 10 depository. The trier of fact may infer that the defendant |
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76 | 76 | | 11 knows that the check or other order will not be paid by the |
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77 | 77 | | 12 depository and that the defendant has acted with intent to |
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78 | 78 | | 13 defraud when the defendant fails to have sufficient funds |
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79 | 79 | | 14 or credit with the depository when the check or other |
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80 | 80 | | 15 order is issued or delivered, or when such check or other |
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81 | 81 | | 16 order is presented for payment and dishonored on each of 2 |
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82 | 82 | | 17 occasions at least 7 days apart. In this paragraph (B)(1), |
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83 | 83 | | 18 "property" includes rental property (real or personal). |
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84 | 84 | | 19 (2) He or she issues or delivers a check or other order |
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85 | 85 | | 20 upon a real or fictitious depository in an amount |
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86 | 86 | | 21 exceeding $150 in payment of an amount owed on any credit |
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87 | 87 | | 22 transaction for property, labor or services, or in payment |
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88 | 88 | | 23 of the entire amount owed on any credit transaction for |
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89 | 89 | | 24 property, labor or services, knowing that it will not be |
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90 | 90 | | 25 paid by the depository, and thereafter fails to provide |
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91 | 91 | | 26 funds or credit with the depository in the face amount of |
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102 | 102 | | 1 the check or order within 7 days of receiving actual |
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103 | 103 | | 2 notice from the depository or payee of the dishonor of the |
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104 | 104 | | 3 check or order. |
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105 | 105 | | 4 (C) Bank-related fraud. |
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106 | 106 | | 5 (1) False statement. |
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107 | 107 | | 6 A person commits false statement bank fraud if he or she, |
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108 | 108 | | 7 with intent to defraud, makes or causes to be made any false |
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109 | 109 | | 8 statement in writing in order to obtain an account with a bank |
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110 | 110 | | 9 or other financial institution, or to obtain credit from a |
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111 | 111 | | 10 bank or other financial institution, or to obtain services |
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112 | 112 | | 11 from a currency exchange, knowing such writing to be false, |
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113 | 113 | | 12 and with the intent that it be relied upon. |
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114 | 114 | | 13 For purposes of this subsection (C), a false statement |
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115 | 115 | | 14 means any false statement representing identity, address, or |
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116 | 116 | | 15 employment, or the identity, address, or employment of any |
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117 | 117 | | 16 person, firm, or corporation. |
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118 | 118 | | 17 (2) Possession of stolen or fraudulently obtained checks. |
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119 | 119 | | 18 A person commits possession of stolen or fraudulently |
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120 | 120 | | 19 obtained checks when he or she possesses, with the intent to |
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121 | 121 | | 20 obtain access to funds of another person held in a real or |
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122 | 122 | | 21 fictitious deposit account at a financial institution, makes a |
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123 | 123 | | 22 false statement or a misrepresentation to the financial |
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124 | 124 | | 23 institution, or possesses, transfers, negotiates, or presents |
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125 | 125 | | 24 for payment a check, draft, or other item purported to direct |
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126 | 126 | | 25 the financial institution to withdraw or pay funds out of the |
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137 | 137 | | 1 account holder's deposit account with knowledge that such |
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138 | 138 | | 2 possession, transfer, negotiation, or presentment is not |
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139 | 139 | | 3 authorized by the account holder or the issuing financial |
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140 | 140 | | 4 institution. A person shall be deemed to have been authorized |
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141 | 141 | | 5 to possess, transfer, negotiate, or present for payment such |
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142 | 142 | | 6 item if the person was otherwise entitled by law to withdraw or |
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143 | 143 | | 7 recover funds from the account in question and followed the |
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144 | 144 | | 8 requisite procedures under the law. If the account holder, |
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145 | 145 | | 9 upon discovery of the withdrawal or payment, claims that the |
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146 | 146 | | 10 withdrawal or payment was not authorized, the financial |
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147 | 147 | | 11 institution may require the account holder to submit an |
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148 | 148 | | 12 affidavit to that effect on a form satisfactory to the |
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149 | 149 | | 13 financial institution before the financial institution may be |
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150 | 150 | | 14 required to credit the account in an amount equal to the amount |
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151 | 151 | | 15 or amounts that were withdrawn or paid without authorization. |
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152 | 152 | | 16 (3) Possession of implements of check fraud. |
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153 | 153 | | 17 A person commits possession of implements of check fraud |
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154 | 154 | | 18 when he or she possesses, with the intent to defraud and |
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155 | 155 | | 19 without the authority of the account holder or financial |
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156 | 156 | | 20 institution, any check imprinter, signature imprinter, or |
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157 | 157 | | 21 "certified" stamp. |
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158 | 158 | | 22 (D) Sentence. |
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159 | 159 | | 23 (1) The commission of a deceptive practice in |
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160 | 160 | | 24 violation of this Section, except as otherwise provided by |
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161 | 161 | | 25 this subsection (D), is a Class A misdemeanor. |
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172 | 172 | | 1 (2) For purposes of paragraphs (A)(1) and (B)(1): |
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173 | 173 | | 2 (a) The commission of a deceptive practice in |
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174 | 174 | | 3 violation of paragraph (A)(1) or (B)(1), when the |
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175 | 175 | | 4 value of the property so obtained, in a single |
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176 | 176 | | 5 transaction or in separate transactions within a |
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177 | 177 | | 6 90-day period, exceeds $150, is a Class 4 felony. In |
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178 | 178 | | 7 the case of a prosecution for separate transactions |
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179 | 179 | | 8 totaling more than $150 within a 90-day period, those |
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180 | 180 | | 9 separate transactions shall be alleged in a single |
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181 | 181 | | 10 charge and prosecuted in a single prosecution. |
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182 | 182 | | 11 (b) The commission of a deceptive practice in |
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183 | 183 | | 12 violation of paragraph (B)(1) a second or subsequent |
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184 | 184 | | 13 time is a Class 4 felony. |
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185 | 185 | | 14 (3) For purposes of paragraph (C)(2), a person who, |
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186 | 186 | | 15 within any 12-month period, violates paragraph (C)(2) with |
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187 | 187 | | 16 respect to 3 or more checks or orders for the payment of |
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188 | 188 | | 17 money at the same time or consecutively, each the property |
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189 | 189 | | 18 of a different account holder or financial institution, is |
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190 | 190 | | 19 guilty of a Class 4 felony. |
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191 | 191 | | 20 (4) For purposes of paragraph (C)(3), a person who |
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192 | 192 | | 21 within any 12-month period violates paragraph (C)(3) as to |
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193 | 193 | | 22 possession of 3 or more such devices at the same time or |
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194 | 194 | | 23 consecutively is guilty of a Class 4 felony. |
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195 | 195 | | 24 (E) Civil liability. A person who issues a check or order |
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196 | 196 | | 25 to a payee in violation of paragraph (B)(1) and who fails to |
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207 | 207 | | 1 pay the amount of the check or order to the payee within 30 |
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208 | 208 | | 2 days following either delivery and acceptance by the addressee |
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209 | 209 | | 3 of a written demand both by certified mail and by first class |
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210 | 210 | | 4 mail to the person's last known address or attempted delivery |
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211 | 211 | | 5 of a written demand sent both by certified mail and by first |
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212 | 212 | | 6 class mail to the person's last known address and the demand by |
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213 | 213 | | 7 certified mail is returned to the sender with a notation that |
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214 | 214 | | 8 delivery was refused or unclaimed shall be liable to the payee |
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215 | 215 | | 9 or a person subrogated to the rights of the payee for, in |
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216 | 216 | | 10 addition to the amount owing upon such check or order, damages |
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217 | 217 | | 11 of treble the amount so owing, but in no case less than $100 |
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218 | 218 | | 12 nor more than $1,500, plus attorney's fees and court costs. An |
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219 | 219 | | 13 action under this subsection (E) may be brought in small |
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220 | 220 | | 14 claims court or in any other appropriate court. As part of the |
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221 | 221 | | 15 written demand required by this subsection (E), the plaintiff |
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222 | 222 | | 16 shall provide written notice to the defendant of the fact that |
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223 | 223 | | 17 prior to the hearing of any action under this subsection (E), |
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224 | 224 | | 18 the defendant may tender to the plaintiff and the plaintiff |
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225 | 225 | | 19 shall accept, as satisfaction of the claim, an amount of money |
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226 | 226 | | 20 equal to the sum of the amount of the check and the incurred |
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227 | 227 | | 21 court costs, including the cost of service of process, and |
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228 | 228 | | 22 attorney's fees. |
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229 | 229 | | 23 (Source: P.A. 96-1432, eff. 1-1-11; 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.) |
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