Made a mistake on check need help to fix

Question

I wrote a check and put the amount in the pay to order spot. Can I just mark it out, put the name in the spot and finish writing the check?

score 39 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 23 '18 at 15:43

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You really shouldn’t be crossing anything out on a check. Banks will generally not accept a check with words or numbers crossed out.

Instead, if you make a mistake writing a check you can void the check by writing “VOID” in big letters across the check, and write a new one.

answered Apr 23 '18 at 15:43

Ben Miller

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I would also shred the existing check and set it on fire, just to be safe – USER_8675309 Apr 23 '18 at 22:58
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@USER_8675309 Would you also salt it and run it through with a wooden stake? – Acccumulation Apr 23 '18 at 23:17
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@Acccumulation I would! Cheques are an undead abomination from the old country. – DarcyThomas Apr 23 '18 at 23:35
@DarcyThomas: Nah. It's ACH that's the abomination. Stamp out ACH and I can secure checks to a reasonable level of security fast. – Joshua Apr 24 '18 at 01:46
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@Joshua Ah Yes! The ACH is also an undead abomination from the old country. – DarcyThomas Apr 24 '18 at 01:53
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Can't believe people are still using cheques in 2018! Here in Switzerland they were phased out years ago. If you happen to have a cheque from some foreign land, there is only one bank in the entire country that can handle it - and the processing fee is $150! – Oscar Bravo Apr 24 '18 at 05:57
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@OscarBravo is there any bank that would exchange camels? There are some country where they are still used... just curious... – Apr 24 '18 at 07:42
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@9ilsdx9rvj0lo Yes but the processing fee is 7.5 camels! – ecc Apr 24 '18 at 12:47

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