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Watch what you put on your check memo line Bananas!
Local6.com has a story about a guy that could face jail time for a message he left on the $10 check he sent the Berkley District Court for a parking violation.
The computer programmer [Robert Militzer] from Allen Park got the ticket May 29. When Militzer wrote the check to Berkley District Court, he scribbled on the memo line, "BULL (expletive) MONEY GRAB." That got Militzer an in-person court appearance -- on a contempt of court charge.

He's scheduled to go before a judge Wednesday, accompanied by an American Civil Liberties Union attorney who will argue Militzer's remark is protected by the First Amendment.

Militzer, 38, was ticketed for parking in front of a friend's house overnight. He said he obeyed signs prohibiting parking between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. during previous visits, but the signs weren't there the morning he was cited. "I thought they were gaming me, collecting fines without giving people a fair chance to avoid it," Militzer told The Detroit News. ...He added, "It let them know I felt they were being unfair."

Richard Eshman, Berkley's public safety director, said Militzer could have requested a hearing to argue against the ticket. "There's an avenue for protesting that kind of thing," he said. ACLU lawyer Elsa Shartsis said Militzer's "choice of words may not be the best, and it may offend some people, but it's not illegal."
This story's ridiculous. Does this also mean you can no longer write "for sexual favors" in the memo line of checks you write?

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    Posted by: dave on Aug 3rd, 2006 | 9:35am

    I guess Adam could be facing some legal trouble for the check I sent him with "bloopie" on the memo line.

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      Posted by: niraj on Aug 3rd, 2006 | 9:42am

      If you wrote it, you'd be the one in trouble...provided Adam decides to stomp on your right to free speech.

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    Posted by: Anonymous on Dec 4th, 2007 | 4:57pm

    I'm a college student and finals are just around the corner so I've been studying a LOT. My rent was a day late because it simply slipped my mind. I remembered this morning and payed it. I got a call a couple hourse later from a lady in the office telling me that I owed a $75 late fee. I was so mad. I'm a poor college student to top it all off and the rent was already the highest it's ever been because the water is set up in a way that you have no way to control the cost of it. I went and payed it, pissed off.. wouldn't you be! And I happened to write Bullshit in the memo. Because that is bullshit, I'm sorry. The manager calls me about 45 mins later to inform me that she's made a copy of my check. And then proceeds to tell me she's sorry she "treated me like a human. and that what I wrote on the check was considered a threat" I don't know of anyone that has ever been threatened by the word bullshit.
    So, I was mad when I wrote the check out and I'm 18 years old in my first apt. I probably shouldn't have wrote that. But what's her excuse? Not only did she insult me but she called my dad at work! I pay all of my bills on my own. This had nothing to do wth him and she just did it to spite me. Although she said that my "guarantuer" needed to know for legal reason. I've lived in these apartments for 5 months and this is the first time I have been late. I'm glad I stumbled upon this because I would feel really bad if my dads credit was screwed with. He could care less if I wrote bullshit on my check, but he said it probably wasn't the best way to handle it.

  • michael miranda
    Posted by: Anonymous on May 9th, 2008 | 5:53am

    gago kayu amin

  • "for sexual favors"
    Posted by: ferocia on Jun 18th, 2008 | 2:52am

    this phrase on the memo line does not fly with el dorado county courts; I had my checks (fine payment for speeding ticket and admin fee for traffic school-$355.00!) returned to me and now must appear in court tomorrow. Moral of the story: perhaps poo on the po po mobile is a better statement. All for 7 mph over the posted speed limit.