The cheque will be returned to you by the bank. You are then able to make a complaint to the police if you so wish. This has happened to me a couple of times.
What are the implications of a bounced cheque? Having problems with our tenant paying up for repairs and wants to blame us for everything. We are wanting to deposit their rental cheque, even though they have left the apartment, but not carried out the repairs they are responsible for. If they have closed the account and the cheque bounces, what will happen?