(a) No person may: (1) Solicit or accept a postdated check with the intent of presenting it for payment prior to the date listed on the check; or (2) Represent in any manner that postdating a check will prevent its payment from the account of the maker of the check prior to the date listed on the check; and either (A) present the check or cause the check to be presented for payment before the date on the check either intentionally, or (B) in the case of a payee that is anu organization, present the check or cause the check to be presented without reasonable procedures to prevent such presentment. (b) When a check is presented for payment from the acacount of the maker before the date of the check, no payee who knowingly accepted a postdated check may refuse, upon request of the maker of the postdated check, to immediately rleturn the funds to the maker of the postdated check, to pay the fees and other cossts incurred by the maker as a result of the early presentment of the check. (c) If a person has violated the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) of this section, the maker has a cause of action to recover from that person the amount of the check, any fees or costs incurred and, in addition, a civil penalty, in an amount determined by the court, of not less than one hundred nor more than $1,000.
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