Any person making, drawing, uttering or delivering two or more false or bogus checks, drafts or orders, as defined by Section 1541.4 of this title, the total sum of which is One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more, even though each separate instrument is written for less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), all in pursuance of a common scheme or plan to cheat and defraud, shall be deemed guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a term not more than ten (10) years, or by a fine not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Laws 1967, SB 123, c. 94, § 3, emerg. eff. April 20, 1967; Amended by Laws 1982, HB 1137, c. 277, § 3, eff. October 1, 1982; Amended by Laws 1993, HB 1823, c. 147, § 5, eff. September 1, 1993; Amended by Laws 1993, SB 266, c. 288, § 2, eff. September 1, 1993; Amended by Laws 1997, HB 1213, c. 133, § 370 (effective date changed to July 1, 1999 by Laws 1998, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1002, c. 2, §§ 23-26, emerg. eff. June 19, 1998) (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 1999, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1009, c. 5, § 263, emerg. eff. July 1, 1999 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2001, SB 397, c. 437, § 8, emerg. eff. July 1, 2001 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2016, HB 2751, c. 221, § 6, eff. November 1, 2016 (superseded document available); Amended by Section 15, State Question 780, Initiative Petition 404, adopted at election held November 8, 2016, effective July 1, 2017 (superseded document available).