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Checks can be just about anything...[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#10)
by Anonymous User on Tue Dec 04, 2007 at 12:34:26 PM PDT

I remember a story about Elvis writing a guy a check on the back of an envelope and his bank in Memphis cashing it.

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Anything can be a check[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#11)
by kamnet on Tue Dec 04, 2007 at 04:36:21 PM PDT

There are nine criteria which identifies whether or not a piece of paper (or anything, for that matter) can be considered a negotiable instrument. These include the proper routing and bank account number, date, signature from the payor, an identified payee,  listed dollar amount, etc. As long as all the right info is listed, it can be processed legitimately as a check, no matter what medium it is written on.

Whether or not it will be honored by the bank is an entirely different matter. :-)

By the way, motivational speaker Patrick Combs once had an issue with a fake check that he knowingly cashed as a joke, and nearly walked away $95,000 richer for it.

http://www.goodthink.com/writing/view_stories.cfm?id=11

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Is that a check[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#17)
by Anonymous User on Mon Dec 10, 2007 at 10:24:12 AM PDT

There was a case a few years ago where a fellow went to his bank and got it down properly so it would be cashed. He wrote a check on the back of his shirt. He went to the meeting with the IRS and in the end literally gave them the shirt off his back. They refused to accept it. He refused to leave until they gave him a signed letter that he'd offered them full payment for his taxes due and they'd refused to accept the payment. They checked with the bank and found out that it was in fact a legitimate check. The next week they called him back and agreed to take the shirt off his back, but of course wanted more $$$ for interest and penalties. He produced the letter noting that they'd refused payment and finally agreed to settle for the original amount due.

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