532.01 Payment by check, draft, or other order for payment. - Florida Statutes

532.01 Payment by check, draft, or other order for payment.

Any order, check, draft, note, memorandum, payroll debit card, or other acknowledgment of indebtedness issued in payment of wages or salary due or to become due must be negotiable and payable in cash, on demand, without discount, at some established place of business in the state, the name and address of which must appear on the instrument or in the payroll debit card issuing materials, and at the time of its issuance, and for a reasonable time thereafter, which must be at least 30 days, the maker or drawer must have sufficient funds or credit, arrangement, or understanding with the drawee for its payment.

History. s. 1, ch. 6914, 1915; RGS 2522; CGL 3944; s. 1, ch. 18004, 1937; s. 1, ch. 71-324; s. 3, ch. 2009-140.