back in 2006 I messed up my Acct Real Bad I did not make a Dep I thought I had and I had about 15 Checks to bounce most of them were under 40 dollars, but after you add the 40 dollar fee that they ad and the 30 dollar fee from the bank you can just see the mess I'm in, My bank closed that acct and opened me a nother one but I had a - 178.00 in that accts that I have still not paid, I am not trying to get out of this, I have so far Paid about 5 of the Checks With the fees and all I still owe about 800.00 dollars , the Lawyers office that has it has been scaring me a little, I just would like to know how long I have befor they realy do anything I live in MS, I'm hoping that I will have till next income check refund time.. I'm a single mom with 1 in college and 1 High School I can't aford to go to jail, but I also can't come up with all that money at one time till incometime thanks for your help PS I;m not a bad check righter I just messed up
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First off, will not go to jail. Period. Nobody is going to put you away for an $800 debt. No crime was committed unless you knowingly and deliberately bounced those checks. It is now a civil issue and you are trying to correct it. Do not let anyone intimidate you. The lawer caling is just trying to scare you. Don't talk to him. In fact, don't talk to anyone from a collections department. Just keep working to settle the debt. You will.
You WILL not go to jail, so doe't even worry about that!
Any time someone writes checks totaling over $500.00 that bounce, it is considered a Felony.
You most likely don't have that much to worry about since you are paying them back. But if they decide to turn this over to the district attorney, it could be a real mess resulting in your being prosecuted.
Make every effort to repay as soon as possible and you will be fine.
writing bad checks period is a felony.if you think about it when you write someone a bad check you might as well say that you are stilling from them because your not paying them.writing bad checks are a good way to get yourself into a deep mess,all those fees can scew you up.any check that you have they will lock you up for it,so you better call to where you wrote those checks and try to work something out with those people befor you get picked up.
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