North Carolina General Statutes § 53-131 False certification of a check
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Whoever, being an officer, employee, agent, or director of a bank, certifies a check drawn on such bank, and willfully fails to forthwith charge the amount thereof against the account of the drawer thereof, or willfully certifies a check drawn on such bank unless the drawer of such check has on deposit with the bank an amount of money subject to the payment of such check and equivalent to the amount therein specified, shall be guilty of a Class I felony which may include a fine not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000). (1921, c. 4, s. 84; C.S., s. 224(f); 1993, c. 539, s. 1268; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).)
Sections: 53-124 53-125 53-126 53-127 53-128 53-129 53-130 53-131 53-132 53-133 53-134 53-135 53-136 53-137 53-138
Last modified: February 21, 2012
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