SECTION 45:10-3-16. Insufficient fund checks prohibited

  No holder of a Retail Spirit, Retail Beer, Retail Wine, Beer and Wine, Mixed Beverage or Caterer's license or employee thereof shall give a check drawn upon any bank to a licensed Wine and Spirits Wholesaler, Beer Distributor, Small Brewer Self-Distributor, Brewpub Self-Distributor, or Winemaker Self-Distributor in payment for alcoholic beverage purchases without having sufficient funds on deposit in said bank to pay said check upon presentment for payment. Any check which is not paid when presented for payment by reason of insufficient or no funds being on deposit in said bank with which to pay the same, shall be prima facie evidence that the maker of said check has accepted and received credit from the licensed Wine and Spirits Wholesaler, Beer Distributor, Small Brewer Self-Distributor, Brewpub Self-Distributor, or Winemaker Self-Distributor to whom said check was issued. If any Retail Spirit, Retail Beer, Retail Wine, Beer and Wine, Mixed Beverage or Caterer licensee shall issue an insufficient or no-fund check for the purchase of alcoholic beverages, which check was not paid as required by 45:10-3-17 within three (3) business days following notice of dishonor, the Wine and Spirits Wholesaler, Beer Distributor, Self-Distributing Brewer, Self-Distributing Winery, or Brewpub Self-Distributor shall immediately notify the ABLE Commission of such fact and, the ABLE Commission shall, upon determining such fact immediately notify all Wine and Spirit Wholesalers, Beer Distributors, Self-Distributing Brewers, Self-Distributing Wineries, and Brewpub Self-Distributorsthat the issuing licensee shall not be permitted to purchase any alcoholic beverage until the licensee has paid the outstanding invoice at issue.

[Source: Amended at 35 Ok Reg 801, eff 10-1-18]