205.134 - Issuance of check or draft without sufficient money or credit: Posting notices.

205.134  Issuance of check or draft without sufficient money or credit: Posting notices.

      1.  A notice in boldface type which is clearly legible and is in substantially the following form must be posted in a conspicuous place in every principal and branch office of every bank and in every place of business in which retail selling is conducted:

 

       The issuance of a check or draft without sufficient money or with intent to defraud is punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 6 months, or by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by both fine and imprisonment, and the issuance of such a check or draft in an amount of $250 or more or by a person who previously has been convicted three times of this or a similar offense is punishable as a category D felony as provided in NRS 193.130.

 

      2.  Failure of the owner, operator or manager of a bank or other place of business to post the sign required by this section is not a defense to charge of a violation of NRS 205.130.

      (Added to NRS by 1979, 1010; A 1985, 250, 456; 1989, 1433; 1993, 1518; 1995, 1218; 1997, 9; 2005, 1081; 2007, 97)