New Punishment Levels for Theft

(For checks written on or after September 1, 2015)

Class C Misdemeanor

• if the check amount is less than $100.

Class B Misdemeanor

• if the check amount is $100 but less than $750; or
• if the check amount is less than $100 and the Defendant has a prior conviction for any grade of theft.

Class A Misdemeanor

• if the check amount is $750 but less than $2500.

Aggregate Theft by Check

• When a Defendant writes more than one hot check as part of a continuing course of conduct (to one or more than one vendor), we will aggregate (total) the value of all checks.

Our office will continue to attempt to collect all qualifying hot checks for our vendors.