32-1-441. Certified checks. (1) Whenever a check drawn on any bank is certified by any officer or employee of such bank, the amount thereof shall be immediately charged against the account of the person, firm, or corporation drawing the same.
(2) It shall be unlawful for any officer or employee of any bank to certify any check drawn upon such bank, unless at the time such check is certified the person, firm, or corporation drawing the check has on deposit with the bank an amount of money subject to the payment of such check equal to the amount specified in such check.
(3) Any officer or employee of any bank who shall willfully violate the provisions of this section or shall resort to any device or receive any fictitious obligation, directly or indirectly, in order to evade the provisions hereof shall be guilty of felony.
History: En. Sec. 47, Ch. 89, L. 1927; re-en. Sec. 6014.51, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 9, L. 1947; R.C.M. 1947, 5-526.
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