Township of Hamilton, NJ
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2023-08-07
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Part II, General Legislation
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Chapter 141 Checks, Fraudulent
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Agricultural Advisory Board
- Ch 13 Claims, Payment of
- Ch 15 Community-Based Programs Advisory Board
- Ch 16 Contracts
- Ch 16A Criminal History Background Checks
- Ch 17 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 19 Economic Development Commission
- Ch 22 Emergency Management
- Ch 23 Emergency Services Advisory Board
- Ch 24 Eminent Domain, Use of
- Ch 25 Environmental Protection Commission
- Ch 28 Equal Opportunity Policy
- Ch 30 Ethics
- Ch 34 Health, Board of
- Ch 39 Improvements
- Ch 43 Industrial Commission
- Ch 48 Length of Service Awards Program
- Ch 52 Municipal Court, Joint
- Ch 55 Municipal Utilities Authority
- Ch 57 Nepotism, Policy Against
- Ch 60 Officers and Employees
- Ch 66 Personnel and Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 70 Police Department
- Ch 75 Retirement
- Ch 80 (Reserved)
- Ch 89 Trust Funds
- Ch 94 Veterans' Advisory Board
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 99 Alarm Systems
- Ch 102 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 105 Animals
- Ch 108 Assemblies, Outdoor
- Ch 111 Limousines
- Ch 114 Automobile Racing
- Ch 116 Balloons
- Ch 121 Boating
- Ch 124 Businesses, Operation of
- Ch 127 Building and Lots, Numbering of
- Ch 130 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 133 Buildings, Unsafe
- Ch 135 Cannabis
- Ch 137 Canvassers, Peddlers and Solicitors
- Ch 141 Checks, Fraudulent
- § 141-1 Service charge.
- § 141-2 Inclusion with delinquent accounts.
- § 141-3 Collection; future payments.
- Ch 144 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 146 Contractors
- Ch 147 Criminal Registration
- Ch 150 Curfew
- Ch 155 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 163 Excavations
- Ch 167 Fees
- Ch 169 Firearms
- Ch 170 Fire Prevention
- Ch 173 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 177 Games of Chance
- Ch 180 Garage Sales
- Ch 186 Handicapped Parking
- Ch 188 Hazardous Substances
- Ch 195 Insurance
- Ch 199 Junkyards
- Ch 203 Land Use and Development
- Ch 207 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 210 Littering
- Ch 214 Noise
- Ch 217 Nuisances
- Ch 220 Obscene Materials
- Ch 222 Occupancy Permits and Residential Rental Units
- Ch 224 Panhandling and Begging
- Ch 225 Parks and Beaches
- Ch 228 (Reserved)
- Ch 235 Processions, Parades and Public Assemblies
- Ch 238 Property Maintenance
- Ch 243 Recreation Areas and Amusement Centers
- Ch 245 Redevelopment Plans
- Ch 248 Relocation Assistance
- Ch 254 Short-Term Rentals
- Ch 258 Solid Waste
- Ch 261 Sporting Events, Outdoor
- Ch 263 Storm Sewers
- Ch 264 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 269 Taxation
- Ch 272 Taxicabs
- Ch 276 Towing
- Ch 279 Trailers and Trailer Camps
- Ch 282 Trees
- Ch 285 (Reserved)
- Ch 288 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 288A Vehicles, All-Terrain and Dirt Bikes
- Ch 289 Vehicles, Sale of Used
- Ch 301 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 304 Vehicles, Motor-Driven
- Ch 308 Water
- Appendix
- Ch A315 Cable Television
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Hamilton 4-1-1991 by Ord. No. 1071-91. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Amended 12-1-2008 by Ord. No. 1640-2008]
The Township of Hamilton, under the authority of Chapter 105, P.L. 1990,[1] herewith imposes a service charge to be added to any account
owing to said municipality, if payment tendered on the account was
by check or any other written instrument which was returned for insufficient
funds. The service charge is herewith established in the amount of
$40.
[1]
Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40:5-18.
In the event that the account owing to a municipality
is for a tax or special assessment, as provided by statute or ordinance,
the service charge authorized herein shall be included on and added
to the list of delinquent accounts which is prepared for the enforcement
of the appropriate tax or assessment lien.
Any service charge authorized by this chapter
shall be collected in the same manner prescribed by law for the collection
of the account for which the check or other written instrument was
tendered. To the extent that a check or other written instrument has
been returned for insufficient funds, the governing body shall have
the right to require the person or entity issuing said check or written
instrument to tender all future payments in cash or by certified or
cashier's check.
