Bad Check Department

Bad Check Department, Secretary
231 South Locust St.
Grand Island, NE 68801
Phone: (308) 385-5150 ext 1324

Bad Check Prosecution Request Form (Adobe Acrobat Format)

Office Hours:
8:30 A.M.-5:00 P.M. M-F excluding holidays

County Attorney's Office E-mail Address

The Bad Check Division is responsible for processing and follow-up investigation of any Non-Sufficient Funds or Account Closed checks that are submitted for criminal prosecution. Our office cannot accept post-dated checks, STOP payment checks or checks you agreed to hold. These cannot be prosecuted under Nebraska Law, and will not be accepted.

Victims of bad checks, who are considering criminal prosecution of a suspected bad check writer, must submit the original check(s) in question, or what is provided to them by the bank, along with the statutorily-mandated fee of $10.00 per check and a completed “Bad Check Prosecution Form” to our office. This form is available on our website and in person at our office. The “Bad Check Prosecution Form” must be notarized. This can be completed by your own notary, or the affiant can be notarized in our office with proper identification.

You may establish your own business or personal procedures regarding what types of checks you will accept. For purposes of criminal prosecution, however, you should not accept a check from any individual who cannot produce a valid photo identification that matches the account name on the check. The most helpful information for merchants to note on a check they are receiving is the date of birth of the individual, and the driver’s license number with issuing state. This information should always be written on the check by the merchant’s employee rather than the check writer. Your employee should also note that they compared the photo ID to the check writer with a notation such as, “I.D. checked.” Furthermore, your employee should note their own initials on the check to identify the employee who received the check. This is necessary because it is often most difficult to prove in court that the person who wrote the bad check is the same as the person charged with the crime.

This office cannot guarantee restitution when and if a Defendant is convicted.