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TO: Business Owner and /or Manager From: Ramsey County Sheriff's Office Date: August 15, 1990 Re: Change in policy regarding NSF /NO ACCOUNT checks. Certainly, you are aware of the increase in the amount of worthless and forged checks. Worthless checks are any non - sufficient (NSF) , or account closed checks that may have been returned to you. Prosecution has become an almost impossible task due to so many points of law, suspect identification and privacy act problems. We regret that time and resources will not allow us to investigate worthless checks under $50.00 or held longer than 30 days after acceptance, before reporting it to our office. This change is consistent with many of the surrounding municipal police departments that long ago enacted such policies. In addition to the above changes, we have also enacted other minimun criteria for legal and prosecution reasons which must be met on "NSF /NO ACCOUNT" checks meeting the above minimum requirements for reporting. If any of these are found lacking, the result will be non - acceptance of your complaint and delayed prosecution until such time the requested information is provided. This includes: 1. At the time of the report, you must have a copy of your demand for payment form and a U.S. Mail return receipt or affadavit, indicating a 5 business day waiting period from service of demand date and the police report date. 2. You must have evidence of a photo I.D. being used as identification while passing the check, with any Driver's license numbers or vehicle license numbers indicated on the check and verified by whoever accepted the check. If this is not present, the clerk must make positive Identification of the passer from memory. 3. You must have identification of who accepted the check and their initials indicated on the check at the time of passing. Page 35