Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes

75 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1957 (2026)

Uncollectible checks.

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§ 1957. Uncollectible checks.

Whenever any check issued in payment of any fee or for any other purpose is returned to the department or a municipality as uncollectible, the department or municipality shall charge a fee of $38 for each driver's license, registration, replacement of tags, transfer of registration, certificate of title, whether original or duplicate, special hauling permit and each other unit of issue by the department or municipality, plus all protest fees, to the person presenting the check, to cover the cost of collection.

(Nov. 25, 2013, P.L.974, No.89, eff. Jan. 1, 2015)

2013 Amendment. See the preamble to Act 89 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to legislative findings and declarations.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1991–1991 · leading case: Saia's Used Cars v. Commonwealth, 596 A.2d 1212 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1991).

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Saia's Used Cars v. Commonwealth, 596 A.2d 1212 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1991). “plus all protest fees, to the person presenting the check, to cover the cost of collection.”

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