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§ 190.10 Issuing a bad check; presumptions.
  1.  When  the drawer of a check has insufficient funds with the drawee
to cover it  at  the  time  of  utterance,  the  subscribing  drawer  or
representative  drawer,  as the case may be, is presumed to know of such
insufficiency.
  2. A subscribing drawer or representative drawer, as the case may  be,
of  an  ultimately  dishonored  check  is  presumed  to have intended or
believed that the check would be dishonored upon presentation when:

(a) The drawer had no account with the drawee at the time of utterance; or

(b) (i) The drawer had insufficient funds with the drawee at the time of utterance, and (ii) the check was presented to the drawee for payment not more than thirty days after the date of utterance, and (iii) the drawer had insufficient funds with the drawee at the time of presentation. 3. Dishonor of a check by the drawee and insufficiency of the drawer's funds at the time of presentation may properly be proved by introduction in evidence of a notice of protest of the check, or of a certificate under oath of an authorized representative of the drawee declaring the dishonor and insufficiency, and such proof shall constitute presumptive evidence of such dishonor and insufficiency.