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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="8-101" title_number="8" title_name="Fraud and Related Crimes" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Bad Checks">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Check” means a negotiable instrument that is not postdated at the time it is issued.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Drawer” means a person whose name appears on a check as the primary obligor, whether the actual signature on the check is that of the person or of another purportedly authorized to draw the check on the person’s behalf.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Funds” means money or credit.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>“Issue”, with respect to a check, means the act of a drawer or representative drawer who:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>delivers the check or causes it to be delivered to a person who acquires a right against the drawer with respect to the check as a result of the delivery; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>draws the check with the intent that it be delivered to a person who on delivery would acquire a right assignable with respect to the check drawer and the check is delivered to that person.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“Obtain” has the meaning stated in § 7-101 of this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Pass”, with respect to a check, means delivering the check by a payee, holder, or bearer of the check, if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the check was or purports to have been drawn and issued by a person other than the person delivering the check; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the delivery was made to a third person who acquires a right with respect to the check as a result of the delivery or for a purpose other than collection.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>“Property” has the meaning stated in § 7-101 of this article.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>“Representative drawer” means a person who signs a check as drawer in a representative capacity or as agent of the drawer.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>“Service” includes:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>labor or professional service;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>telecommunication, public utility, toll facility, or transportation services;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>lodging, entertainment, or restaurant service; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>the use of computers, data processing, or other equipment.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="k">
    <text>“Value” has the meaning stated in § 7-103 of this article.</text>
  </level>
</section>
