The person that I sent the money order to said that she never received. I stopped payment and got a refund. Now she is trying to have me arrested.
2006-09-13 02:03:49 · 10 answers · asked by Sue D 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
No, it is not illegal to stop payment on a money order. Apparently, though, you do owe her the money. You should have stopped payment and had another reissued. Pay up.
2006-09-13 03:04:00 · answer #1 · answered by Zelda 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is not a crime to stop a money order. Below is the rules of a money order from legislation based with australia
5 Stoppage, amendment and repayment of Orders
5.1 Where an applicant for an express money order wishes to obtain repayment of the order he may:
5.1.1 if he is able to produce the receipt issued to him when the order was issued and the order has not been transmitted from the office of issue, make application for repayment at that office; or
5.1.2 if the order has been transmitted from the issuing office, make written application to the office nominated for payment, to stop the payment and return the order to the issuing office.
If you have recieved goods and stopped the money order then that is a different story, as you may be arrested and charged with obtaining benifit by deception.It is often done where a person pays by check, the goods are handed over and then the heck is stopped.Goods are not the property of the buyer until the check or money order is cleared. If you havnt recieved goods, then you have no problem.Until you resend a money order and fulfill your contract if it was an ebay purchase or some sort of sales contract
Dr Gary Martin
2006-09-13 02:12:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If u owed her the money and would like to honor the payment send the next MO by certified or registered mail where she has to sign for it and can't deny not ever recieving it. U did the right thing in stopping payment and no court in the world would prosecute u for protecting ur interests. It is no crime the crime was when she tried to swindle u with her lies.
2006-09-13 02:10:45 · answer #3 · answered by papabeartex 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your question cant be answered with the details given. Did you receive goods or services prior to canceling the money order? if you did.. did you return them? Have you tried to pay for the services or goods since then?
How long was the money order unaccounted for?
By a court of law its on her to prove that you are trying to be deceitful.
2006-09-13 02:09:13 · answer #4 · answered by psychstudent 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Go get help from a qualified attorney. Try a legal clinic connected to a nearby law school.
2006-09-13 02:06:31 · answer #5 · answered by OldGringo 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no, since she told you that it was never recieved,
Now if you bought something from them, you still owe them the money if you concelled the orginal one.
So if you failed to pay for something then it needs to be paid for.
There is not enough details, what was it for, did you owe her the money, do you still owe her the money,,, did you issue a new money order and send a new one ??
2006-09-13 02:56:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it is not a crime and she cannot have you arrested.
2006-09-13 02:11:05 · answer #7 · answered by Lisa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as long as u didnt get anything ur all good, theres no contract unless there was an exchange
2006-09-13 02:07:14 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sounds like she was trying to rip you off from what you said. it isn't illegal unless YOU were trying to rip her off.
2006-09-13 02:06:12 · answer #9 · answered by dan 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No
2006-09-13 02:07:04 · answer #10 · answered by Colorado 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋