§ 6-3-702 — Fraud by check; penalties

Wyoming § 6-3-702

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 06: Crimes and Offenses
• Ch. 3: OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY
• Art. 7: CHECK FRAUD

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(a) Any person who knowingly issues a check which is not
paid because the drawer has insufficient funds or credit with
the drawee has issued a fraudulent check and commits fraud by
check.
(b) Fraud by check is:
(i) A misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not
more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred
fifty dollars ($750.00), or both, if the fraudulent check was
for a sum of less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00); or
(ii) Repealed by Laws 1984, ch. 44, § 3.
(iii) A felony punishable by imprisonment for not
more than ten (10) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand
dollars ($10,000.00), or both, if the fraudulent check was for
the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or more, or if the
offender is convicted of fraud by check involving two (2) or
more checks issued within any sixty (60) day period in the state
of Wyoming totaling one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or more in
the aggregate.
(c) Renumbered as 7-9-112 by Laws 1987, ch. 157, § 3.