From: utzoo!decvax!yale-com!leichter Newsgroups: net.misc Title: Re: Do we need to buy checks? Article-I.D.: yale-com.615 Posted: Thu Jan 6 16:37:06 1983 Received: Fri Jan 7 05:04:20 1983 References: rocheste.369 A check is an order to your bank to transfer money from your account. To be valid, it has to include four things: The amount; your signature; who to pay; your bank's name. (Actually, "who to pay" is probably unnecessary; if you leave it out, the check is probably good for whoever presents it. I'm pretty sure you DON'T have to include a date.) So...writing on a paper napkin is fine. HOWEVER, all this means is that an instrument so drawn, presented at YOUR bank, is valid. It doesn't mean anyone else - probably including other branches of your bank - have to accept it - and they almost certainly won't. (Of course, checks are not legal tender so no one HAS to accept even a "normal" check - but they are useful because they are widely accepted.) -- Jerry decvax!yale-comix!leichter