Section 40-29-70 Bad checks. - Alabama Statutes

Section 40-29-70

Bad checks.

If any check or money order in payment of any amount receivable under this title is not duly paid, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, there shall be paid as a penalty by the person who tendered such check, upon notice and demand by the commissioner or his delegate, in the same manner as tax, an amount equal to 10 percent of the amount of such check, except that if the amount of such check is less than $500, the penalty under this section shall be $10 or the amount of such check, whichever is the lesser. This section shall not apply if the person tendered such check in good faith and with reasonable cause to believe that it would be duly paid, or settlement is made by the taxpayer within 10 days after notification of receipt of a bad check by the department.

(Acts 1983, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 83-891, p. 128, §21.)