Can a merchant write on the front of my check?
Posted on November 9th, 2009 by admin
When I get my checks back from my bank, sometimes I see that the memo field has been filled in with an invoice number or some other reference, written by a human during some stage of the merchant processing my check. Can they do this?
Hi,
Yes a merchant can in fact write on your check in any way they want to, as long as it does not change the amount you wrote it for and the name you wrote it to.
I used to own a store, and we would write on peoples checks all the time.
Most often you will see a company stamp, or a computer printer doing the actual marking, but humans can, and sometimes do write on checks as well.
-C
www.clarkcovington.com
November 9th, 2009 at 4:50 pm
Hi,
Yes a merchant can in fact write on your check in any way they want to, as long as it does not change the amount you wrote it for and the name you wrote it to.
I used to own a store, and we would write on peoples checks all the time.
Most often you will see a company stamp, or a computer printer doing the actual marking, but humans can, and sometimes do write on checks as well.
-C
http://www.clarkcovington.com
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November 9th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
As long as they didn’t change the amount, date, or payee. whats the problem? They are probably writing an invoice number etc. on the check in case it comes back unpaid they know what was purchased with it.
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November 9th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
yes they can i do it everyday driver license numbers or order invoice numbers it lets the book keeper know where the money came from and in what form it came that way she does not have to look for open orders to match up
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