Opinion No.

The Honorable Mark Stodola Prosecuting Attorney Sixth Judicial District 122 South Broadway Little Rock, Arkansas 72201

Dear Mr. Stodola:

This is in response to your request for an opinion on the filing of "hot check" charges. Specifically, you ask whether it is permissible under certain "agency relationships" for a prosecuting attorney to file hot check charges in municipal court in one jurisdiction when the underlying offense took place in another judicial district.

You have set out two examples to illustrate the question. In the first example, the maker of a check delivers it to a merchant in…