1486 - Resolution - Establishing Charge for Returned ChecksRESOLUTION NO. 1486 ✓
A RESOLUTION OF THE
ORCHARD, WASHINGTON
CHARGE FOR RETURNED
CITY OF PORT
ESTABLISHING A
CHECKS
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PORT ORCHARD, HEREBY RESOLVES AND ESTABLISHES THE FOLLOWING:
SECTION 1. Checks or Drafts tendered to the City
and returned for Insufficient Funds.
A. That there shall be assessed a charge of
$15.00 for all drafts and checks tendered
to the City which are returned or
dishonored by the drawee bank or other
such depository.
B. That said charge shall be collected from
the drawer together with the proceeds of
any such returned or dishonored
instrument and said charge shall be
considered a part of the debt or deposit
due the City for which it was tendered.
C. In the case of such penalty,the sum paid
shall first be applied to the penalty.
D. In the event a drawer has two drafts
and/or checks returned or dishonored in a
one year period the City may exercise the
right to refuse to accept drafts and/or
checks until the drawer can provide
written proof from their bank or
depository that they have not had any
draft and/or check returned for a period
of one year.
Payments will be accepted in the form of
cash, certified check or money order.
SECTION 2. Payment in Lieu of Check. In the
event a check has been returned by any bank, payment for said
returned check shall be ',made in cash, certified check or
money order.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of
Port Orchard, APPROVED by the Mayor and attested by the
Clerk in authenticationl,of such passage this 13th day of
June, 1988.
ATTEST:
LESLIE WEATHERILL, MAYOR
Patricia Hower, City Clerk
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