§ 6-3-701 — Definitions

(a) As used in this article:
(i) "Check" means a written unconditional order to
pay a sum certain in money drawn on a bank payable on demand and
signed by the drawer;
(ii) "Knowingly issues" means issuing a check to
obtain property or to pay a debt with intent to defraud or
deceive any other person;
(iii) "Drawee" means the bank or purported bank upon
which a check is drawn;
(iv) "Drawer" means a person either real or
fictitious whose name appears on a check as the primary obligor
whether the actual signature is that of himself or of a person
authorized to draw the check in his behalf;
(v) "Insufficient funds" means when the drawer issues
a check from the drawee and has no checking account with the
drawee or has funds or credit in a checking account with the
drawee in an amount less than the amount of the check plus the
amount of all other checks outstanding at the time of issuance.
A check dishonored for "no account", "account closed" or
"nonsufficient funds" shall also be deemed to be dishonored for
"insufficient funds";
(vi) "Issue" means make, draw, deliver or pass a
check.