A service charge of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be levied and assessed by the city when any amount due the city is paid by check or automatic draft or other means of electronic transfer of funds and the check, draft or other order for the payment of money is dishonored because of insufficient funds or because of a stop payment order. The city administration shall maintain a sign in city hall near the place where city payments are received which shall read “There is a twenty-five dollar service charge on all returned checks.” The service charge herein referred to shall be added to any account on which the check was issued as payment.
(2001 Code, app. A, art. 2.000(b); Ordinance adopting Code)