454.551. Certified or guaranteed check required, when--fee for insufficient funds checks, amount. - Missouri Statutes

Certified or guaranteed check required, when--fee for insufficientfunds checks, amount.

454.551. 1. The division may require, after notice to the obligor,that any check paid to the payment center by the obligor must be certifiedor guaranteed for payment. An originator of a check other than a payorshall not be required to pay by certified or guaranteed check, unless aninsufficient funds check is received and the provisions of this sectionhave been followed.

2. In addition to any fees imposed pursuant to section 454.425, thepayment center, when authorized by the division, or the state may charge afee not to exceed twenty-five dollars for processing an insufficient fundscheck as a reimbursement for the costs of processing such check, and mayissue a notice to the originator of any such check that no further checkswill be accepted unless the check is certified or guaranteed for payment.The division may collect the fee which shall be considered a support orderfor enforcement pursuant to this chapter.

(L. 1999 S.B. 291)

Effective 7-1-99