Bad Check Program

Merchants in the County of San Luis Obispo lose thousands of dollars each year due to bad checks and fraud.  When businesses are forced to raise prices to cover these losses, consumers bear the cost of this criminal activity.

The District Attorney’s Bad Check Program is the primary investigative unit for all checks passed on insufficient funds and closed accounts in the County.  Our program has several objectives. 

The first and most important objective is to collect restitution for the victims of bad checks.  A second objective is to save valuable police time and centralize bad check information.  Our third objective is to educate the bad check writers through our diversion program.

The District Attorney will prosecute bad check writers who do not comply with the diversion program if the victim has followed proper procedure when accepting checks for goods or services.

Since its creation in 1989, the Bad Check Program has recovered over $11 million in restitution and fees.

Small Claims Court Advisory

CLOSED

The Small Claims Advisor will be out of the office and the Advisory will be closed to walk-ins and phone calls from Feb 1, 2024 thru May 3, 2024. 
Litigants are encouraged to look online for answers to their questions, call advisors in other counties or watch the YouTube videos called: Small Claims Filing a Claim and Collecting a Judgment. Both are packed with information. 
For general questions contact the court at 805-706-3600
The courts Small Claims website can be found at www.courts.ca.gov > Self-Help > Small Claims