63-9-12 - Payment of fines by personal check; liability for dishonored check.
§ 63-9-12. Payment of fines by personal check; liability for dishonored check.
Personal checks shall be accepted from Mississippi residents in payment of any fine imposed as a result of a violation of Chapters 3, 5 and 7 of Title 63, Mississippi Code of 1972. The person accepting a check in payment of such a fine shall not be liable if such check is returned not paid provided he makes reasonable efforts to collect the fine.
Sources: Laws, 1991, ch. 480, § 1, eff from and after July 1, 1991.