New York Prosecutors Training Institute
NYPTI Law - NYS Statutes
ยง 190.15 Issuing a bad check; defenses.
In any prosecution for issuing a bad check, it is an affirmative
defense that:
1. The defendant or a person acting in his behalf made full
satisfaction of the amount of the check within ten days after dishonor
by the drawee; or
2. The defendant, in acting as a representative drawer, did so as an
employee who, without personal benefit, merely executed the orders of
his employer or of a superior officer or employee generally authorized
to direct his activities.
