Q: when a check from the sale of cattle in a sale barn is deverted from the owners address to another, what is the penatly?
what is the range of jail time and fines?
A:
Your question is missing important facts, so an answer may not be possible. Some questions, the answers to which may help someone answer your questions. Do you mean diverted? How diverted? Was it just sent to the wrong address or was a different name on the check? How did the different address (or name) end up on the check? Why is this a civil question? There is no jail/prison punishment in civil cases. Fines can be in both civil or criminal cases. If there is a criminal charge, the potential jail or prison time would depend several things, including but not limited to: the value of the check; whether the diversion of the check was due to theft, forgery, or other reasons; whether there were weapons involved; any other aggregating circumstances.
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