Angela Stinnett
is the Legal Secretary
for the
Mississippi County Prosecutor's Office.
Some of the duties of the legal secretary include filing traffic tickets and criminal charges with the court, subpoenaing witnesses for hearings and trials, and general preparation of cases as they proceed through the criminal justice system.
In addition to these
duties, the legal secretary also collects bad checks turned over to the
Prosecutor's Office.
In order to turn over a bad
check for prosecution you must first fill out a Bad Check
Affidavit provided by this office. After doing so, you should
submit the Affidavit along with
the returned check to:
Prosecuting Attorney Bad Check Unit
Post Office Box 435
Charleston, MO 63834
The Prosecutor's
Office will then send put a ten-day letter to the check writer. If the
check is
paid, payment will be forwarded to the business that accepted the check within
two weeks.
However, if payment is not made within ten days of the letter, the prosecutor
will then
attempt to prosecute the bad check writer.
At times prosecution
of bad checks is not possible. This occurs when the bad check writer is
not able to be identified, if the check was post dated or held, if the check is
a third party, or it there is no social security number and/or date of birth
for the check writer.
The Mississippi County Prosecuting Attorney's Office will do everything possible to assist with collection of a bad check. Please feel free to contact the Prosecutor's Office with any questions you may have.
You can reach Angela at
Post Office Box 435
Charleston, MO 63834
(573) 683-2145 ext. 245
fax: (573) 683-6228