Borough of Madison, NJ
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2023-05-22
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 157 Service Charge for Returned Checks
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 4 Administrator
- Ch 5 Alliance Addressing Substance Abuse
- Ch 6 Attorney and Engineer
- Ch 7 Tax Assessor
- Ch 9 Cash Management Plan
- Ch 9A Advisory Audit Committee
- Ch 9B Complete Streets Committee
- Ch 10 Claims, Payment of
- Ch 11 Clerk
- Ch 11A Contracts, Professional Service
- Ch 12 Court, Joint Municipal
- Ch 14 Defense and Indemnification of Municipal Officials and Employees
- Ch 15 Downtown Development Commission
- Ch 16 Environmental Commission
- Ch 17 Financial Officer
- Ch 18 Fire Department
- Ch 22 Health, Board of
- Ch 24 Housing Authority
- Ch 25 Open Space, Recreation and Historic Preservation Advisory Committee
- Ch 26 Sustainable Madison Advisory Committee
- Ch 27 Madison Community Garden Advisory Committee
- Ch 29 Payroll Procedures
- Ch 30 Personnel Policies
- Ch 32 Patriotic Celebrations Committee
- Ch 34 Police Department
- Ch 36 Property Maintenance Emergency Committee
- Ch 39 Retirement
- Ch 42 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 44 Seal
- Ch 45 Shade Tree Management Board
- Ch 47 Utility Advisory Committee
- Ch 48 Utilities Authority
- Ch 49 Volunteers
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 54 Alarm Systems
- Ch 56 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 58 Amusement Devices
- Ch 58A Amusement Devices, Nonprofit Use of
- Ch 59 Animals and Rabies Control
- Ch 70 Bowling Alleys
- Ch 73 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 75 Building Construction
- Ch 77 Buildings and Structures, Unsafe
- Ch 79 Buildings, Moving of
- Ch 80 Business Hours
- Ch 82 Clothing Bins
- Ch 89 (Reserved)
- Ch 91 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 93 Electrical Standards
- Ch 94 Electric Utility
- Ch 96 Elevator Safety
- Ch 97 Fertilizer Application and Use
- Ch 98 Filming
- Ch 99 Firearms and Hunting
- Ch 101 Fire Prevention
- Ch 103 Fire Zones
- Ch 105 Games of Chance
- Ch 107 Garbage, Municipal Solid Waste and Recyclables
- Ch 109 Gasoline Storage Tanks
- Ch 110 Handicapped Parking
- Ch 111 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 112 Historic District Preservation
- Ch 113 Housing Standards
- Ch 115 Identification Card Program
- Ch 119 Library Property and Books
- Ch 120 Littering; Handbills; Brush and Trash
- Ch 122 (Reserved)
- Ch 125 Model Car Raceways
- Ch 128 Newspaper Distribution Boxes
- Ch 131 Official Map
- Ch 132 Open Space Trust Fund
- Ch 134 Parking Lots
- Ch 136 Parks
- Ch 136A (Reserved)
- Ch 137 Recreation Department Code and Policies
- Ch 139 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 141 Police Escort Services
- Ch 142 Pool and Billiard Halls
- Ch 145 Property Maintenance
- Ch 146 Multiple Dwellings and Hotel Maintenance
- Ch 147 Public Records and Documents, Fees for
- Ch 152 Rights-Of-Way
- Ch 155 Sewers
- Ch 157 Service Charge for Returned Checks
- § 157-1 Service charge amount.
- § 157-2 Tax or special assessment accounts.
- § 157-3 Collection of service charge.
- Ch 158 Shopping Carts
- Ch 161 Senior Citizen Advisory Committee
- Ch 163 Smoking
- Ch 166 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 168 (Reserved)
- Ch 170 Swimming Pools
- Ch 173 Taxicabs
- Ch 175 Theaters
- Ch 175A Tobacco, Sale of
- Ch 176 Towing and Storage
- Ch 177 Trailers; Tourist and Trailer Camps
- Ch 178 Tree Protection
- Ch 179 (Reserved)
- Ch 183 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 185 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 190 Water
- Ch 191 Water Emergencies
- Ch 192 Wild Animals
- Ch 193 (Reserved)
- Ch 195 Land Development
- Part III: Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 201 General Provisions, Board of Health
- Ch 202 Fees
- Ch 203 Animals
- Ch 204 Smoking
- Ch 205 Appointment of Alternate Members
- Ch 209 Retail Food Establishments
- Ch 217 Noise
- Ch 218 Nuisances
- Ch 222 Plumbing
- Ch 223 Public Recreational Bathing Facilities
- Ch 225 Salaries and Benefits
- Ch 226 Sewage Disposal
- Ch 228 Solid Waste
- Ch 230 Tanning Booth Establishments
- Ch 232 Vending Machines
- Ch 233 Alcoholic Beverages, Possession and Consumption by Minors of
- Ch 234 Massage and Bodywork Therapy Establishments
- Appendix
- Ch A236 Borough Council Bylaws
- Ch A237 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A238 Madison-Chatham Joint Meeting
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Madison 5-30-2007
by Ord. No. 34-2007. Amendments noted where applicable.]
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:5-18, a service charge of $20 shall be
added to any account owing to the Borough of Madison when payment is tendered
by check or other written instrument which is returned for insufficient funds.
Whenever an account owing to the Borough of Madison is for a tax or special assessment, the service charge authorized by § 157-1 shall be included on any list of delinquent accounts which is prepared for the enforcement of the lien.
Any service charge authorized by § 157-1 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. In addition, the governing body may require future payments to be tendered in cash or by certified or cashier's check.
