Any person who makes, draws, utters or delivers any check, draft or order for the payment of money upon any bank or other depository, knowing that the maker or drawer has not sufficient funds in or credit with such bank or other depository for the payment thereof, and which is not paid in full upon presentation, shall be liable to the person injured thereby.
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 507:7
False Checks, Etc
Applied in 17 court decisions — leading case 91 Wash. 2d 230 - Seattle-First National Bank v. Shoreline Concrete Co. (1978)
Most recently applied in Evelyn Rivera v. Jimmy Ducharme et al. (August 2023)
Source. 1917, 55:1
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Official source: New Hampshire General Court. Reproduced from public-domain New Hampshire statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.