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I believe deliberately writing a bad check and not making good on it within a certain time frame is a jailable offense in a lot of places. I worked as a bill collector briefly and there was one grocery store client who routinely swore out warrants on even the smallest checks, if people did not make good briskly.
Check kiting is writing a check before the funds are available, when they are going to be available soon. It is technically illegal, but writing a straight up bad check is a more serious offense.
You can probably find out what is needed to swear out a warrant by calling the City Hall for where the bad check writer lives.
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