§ 4-17-102 - Notes, tickets, etc. -- Creation or circulation as currency by individuals unlawful.
4-17-102. Notes, tickets, etc. -- Creation or circulation as currency by individuals unlawful.
(a) No person unauthorized by law shall intentionally create or put in circulation, as a circulating medium, any note, bill, bond, check, or ticket, purporting that any money or bank notes will be paid to the receiver, holder, or bearer, or that it will be received in payment of debts or to be used as a currency or medium of trade in lieu of money.
(b) If any person issues, puts into circulation, signs, countersigns, or indorses any such note, bill, bond, check, or ticket, he or she shall be indicted, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than three hundred dollars ($300) and shall be imprisoned not exceeding twelve (12) months.
(c) If any person or company vends, passes, receives, or offers in payment any such note, bill, bond, check, or ticket, the offender shall forfeit the sum of fifty dollars ($50.00), to be recovered by a civil action, with costs to the use of any person who will sue for the same before any justice of the peace of the county in which the offending party may be found.