Can a company keep charging their, the company’s, returned check fee?
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Can a company keep charging their, the company’s, returned check fee?
I wrote two small checks at sheetz, a gas station. The presented the check twice and it was returned both times, but they have charged my account multiple times with their returned check fee, more than 4 times, 2 for each check. Is this legal?
Asked on August 8, 2012 under General Practice, West Virginia
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Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Under the laws of all states in this country every time a check is submitted by a vendor for payment to his or her bank and the check fails to clear due to insufficient funds, the bank charges the vendor a fee for such, and as a result, the vendor is entitled to be reimbursed such fees by the person issuing the check.
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