• North Carolina has laws for bad check writers.North Carolina state contour against blurred USA flag image by Stasys Eidiejus from Fotolia.com
  
  North Carolina General Statutes section 14-107 (a) explains that knowledge of check fraud is what makes it a crime. Check fraud prosecutors and plaintiffs must prove that any person or corporation that drafted and/or issued a check to them against an account with insufficient funds was aware of the financial deficiency. Section 14-107 (b) further criminalizes anyone or any entity that aids or abets another in the commission of check fraud.
  
  

Class Two Misdemeanors

• Section 14-106 and 14-107 (d) classify check fraud crimes, in the amount of $2,000 or less, class two misdemeanors. Misdemeanors committed on or after December 1, 1995 are punishable by up to 150 days of confinement depending upon prior convictions and the discretion of the sentencing judge.
  
  

Class One Misdemeanors

• Section 14-107 (d) (1) enforces that after being convicted of three check fraud class two misdemeanors, any subsequent prosecutions for amounts of $2000 or less will be sentenced class one misdemeanors. These convictions are also coupled with a three year checking account restriction. Section 14-107 (d) (3) and (4) governs checks written against accounts that are closed or nonexistent. This kind of fraud is also treated as a class one misdemeanor.
  
  

Class I Felonies

• Section 14-107 (d) classifies fraudulent checks issued in amounts over $2,000, class one felonies. Section 14-119 explains that check forgery is also sentenced as a class I felony and is regarded as a separate criminal count. Class I felonies committed on or after December 1, 2009 are punishable by up to 12 months of confinement depending upon prior convictions and the discretion of the sentencing judge.