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Archive of: Bad/Bounced Checks
Did Your Tenant Write You A Worthless Check? Consider New Restitution Program
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in AASEW, Collections, Bad/Bounced Checks / Comments
One of my earliest blog posts, back when I had just started Tristan's Landlord-Tenant Law Blog, was about the fact that the City of Milwaukee Police Department had a policy in place where they refused to investigate crimes in which a tenant made their rent payment with a worthless check or stopped payment on the check. Shortly thereafter I wrote about a new diversion program that was being ...
Read MoreWorthless Check Diversion Program: An Opportunity To Collect On "Bad Checks"
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Collections, Bad/Bounced Checks / Comments
The Miwaukee County District Attorneys Office has adopted a new program that will hopefully allow landlords to collect on bad checks that were passed by their tenants. The goal of the program is to get the bad-check writers to pay back the money owed in exchange for not being charged with a crime or referred to collections.This program, entitled the Worthless Check Diversion Program, is a positive step for landlords because currently ...
Read MorePASSING OF WORTHLESS CHECKS WILL NOT BE PROSECTED IN CITY OF MILWAUKEE
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Bad/Bounced Checks, City of Milwaukee / Comments
Issuing a worthless check is a crime in Wisconsin. Accordingly, when a tenant pays his/her rent or security deposit with a worthless check I typically advise my landlord clients to do two things: (1) serve the tenant with the proper notice terminating tenancy for failure to pay rent so that an eviction action can be commenced against the tenant, and (2) report the crime to the local police so that a ...
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