19771101 1977-35 ORDINANCE N°. 1977-35
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 14
OF THE FAIRFAX CITY CODE
TO PROVIDE FOR A NEW SECTION 14-16.4
IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of
Fairfax, Virginia, that Chapter 14 of the Code of the City of
Fairfax be, and the same hereby is, amended to provide for a new
Section 14-16.4 which will read in its entirety as follows:
"Sec. 14-16.4. Presumption as to notation attached to check,
draft or order.
"In any prosecution or action under the preceding sections
14-16.1 or 14-16.2 , any notation attached to or stamped upon a
check, draft or order which is refused by the drawee because of
lack of funds or credit, bearing the terms "not sufficient funds,"
"uncollected funds," "account closed," or "no account in this name,
or words of similar import, shall be prima facie evidence that
such notation is true and correct."
This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its
adoption.
Introduced: October 18, 1977
Adopted: November 1, 1977
Attest:
tCity/Clerk