§ 5-37-306 - Prosecutions. - Arkansas Statutes

5-37-306. Prosecutions.

(a) (1) A prosecution for a violation of this subchapter may be in the county of residence of the drawer or of the payee of the check, draft, or order, or in the county where the drawee bank is located.

(2) However, in any case involving a child support payment processed by the Office of Child Support Enforcement of the Revenue Division of the Department of Finance and Administration, the prosecution for the violation may be in Pulaski County.

(b) It is expressly intended in this section for the drawee, or for a third party holder in due course of a check, draft, or order, payment of which is refused by the drawee, to have the right to initiate and maintain the prosecution of a criminal charge against the maker of the check, draft, or order, whether or not the original payee consents to the action.

(c) (1) In any prosecution under the Arkansas Hot Check Law, process shall be issued and served in the county or out of the county where the prosecution is pending and have the same binding force and effect as though the offense being prosecuted were a felony.

(2) Any officer issuing and serving process in or out of the county where the prosecution is pending and any witness from within or without the county where the prosecution is pending shall be compensated in like manner as though the offense were a felony in grade.