Does a postdated check constitute a crime?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Gerber, 115 Misc.2d 222, 453 N.Y.S.2d 998 (N.Y. City Ct. 1982):
courts hold, with few exceptions, that unless the payee is not informed or does not know at the time that he accepts the check that it is postdated no crime is committed even if payment is refused for want of sufficient funds when the check is presented. Gumm v. Heider, 220 Or. 5, 348 P.2d 455, at 466;
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