PROCEDURE WHEN A CHECK IS SUBMITTED TO THE  PROSECUTING ATTORNEY'S HOT CHECK DEPARTMENT:

You may request the Prosecuting Attorney, under Arkansas Code Ann. 5-37-302, to criminally prosecute the writers of insufficient funds or closed account checks. You begin the prosecution by bringing or mailing the unpaid check along with a completed affidavit for warrant for arrest to:

We begin prosecution by mailing a notice to the check writer that a check was returned unpaid by their bank. The drawer or maker of the check is directed to make payment of the check amount, your merchant fee and the Prosecutor's processing fee directly to the Prosecuting Attorney within ten days from the  mailing of the notice. If the check writer makes restitution within the ten days, we stop the criminal prosecution. If the check writer attempts to make payment to you, you are asked to direct him/her to this office.