Chapter 2.29
PERSONAL CHECKS

Sections:

2.29.010    Authorization to accept.

2.29.020    Prompt deposit to depository account required.

2.29.030    Nonpayment upon presentment – Fees collected.

2.29.040    Nonpayment upon presentment – Notice of dishonor.

2.29.050    Authority and conditions for refusal of acceptance.

2.29.060    Other remedies not limited.

2.29.010 Authorization to accept.

The City Clerk-Treasurer or any employee of the City under the supervision of the Clerk-Treasurer is hereby authorized to accept bank checks in payment of obligations owed the City, but acceptance of such shall not be deemed payment nor discharge of any debt until and unless the check is paid by the drawee bank upon which the check is drawn. (Ord. C-017 § 1, 1982)

2.29.020 Prompt deposit to depository account required.

The Clerk-Treasurer shall cause all checks received by the City to be promptly deposited to a depository banking account of the City for presentment to the drawee bank for payment. (Ord. C-017 § 2, 1982)

2.29.030 Nonpayment upon presentment – Fees collected.

In the event any check deposited by the City is not paid upon presentment to the drawee bank, then the City shall collect from the person negotiating the check to the City a service fee determined by Council resolution and if such sum is not paid within 10 days of mailing notice as herein provided, then an additional fee determined by Council resolution shall be collected. This fee shall be assessed and payable upon each returned check each time it is returned. The fee(s) shall be immediately due and payable to the City, and if not so paid shall be added to the account upon which the check was given in payment. (Ord. C-162 § 1, 1988; Ord. C-017 § 3, 1982)

2.29.040 Nonpayment upon presentment – Notice of dishonor.

Upon receiving notice that a check given to the City has not been paid, the Clerk-Treasurer shall give notice of dishonor, as provided by laws, by mailing notice to the person negotiating the check to the City by first class mail. (Ord. C-162 § 2, 1988; Ord. C-017 § 4, 1982)

2.29.050 Authority and conditions for refusal of acceptance.

The City Clerk-Treasurer may refuse to accept checks in payment of any account that has previously been paid by check which was thereafter returned unpaid. The City Clerk-Treasurer may refuse to accept any check not drawn on a bank located in the county, any two-party check, and any check not made payable for the amount of the debt to be paid. (Ord. C-017 § 5, 1982)

2.29.060 Other remedies not limited.

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to limit any remedy the City may have to collect any debt owed it, or to prosecute any violation of law. (Ord. C-017 § 7, 1982)