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Dear
Merchant:
Everyone suffers when someone writes a bad check.
Jefferson County merchants lose tens of thousands of dollars every
year because of bad checks. Businesses are forced
to increase prices to offset bad check loses. This
costs consumers and can cause some businesses to
lose their competitive edge and go out of business,
thus costing merchants their livelihoods and employees
their jobs.
The
Worthless Check Unit of the District Attorney's Office
helps businesses minimize bad check losses. When
the Worthless Check Unit sucessfully makes a recovery
for a victim, we return to the merchant, as restitution,
100% of the check amount plus the statutory merchant
service charge. The Law also requires the bad check
writer to pay a fee to cover our costs of enforcing
Alabama's worthless check laws.
This
area of our website explains the procedure used to
curb bad check writing and assists bad check victims
in recovering restitution. The viability of our Unit
depends on the cooperation and support of citizens
and merchants of Jefferson County. We hope that this
information will help you to better understand your
role and ours.
I
urge you to support and participate in our program.
We welcome your suggestions on how we may improve
our effectiviness.
Sincerely,
David Barber
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