Step by Step

Handwritten Checks in Emergencies

Procedures

If LCR goes down and you need to prepare an emergency fast-offering check, handwrite the checks on your check stock, following these instructions:

  1. Write the check. The following items must be handwritten on the check:
    • Date written
    • Written payment amount (e.g. One Hundred)
    • Payee’s name
    • Numeric amount of check (e.g. 100)
    • Signatures from two account signers
  2. Telephone your assigned administrative office the same day checks are written (or if after business hours, the next business day).
  3. Once the system is working again, the check data must be entered into LCR and the check printed on a blank sheet of paper. Do not use a sheet of check stock paper for this purpose.
  4. File the check information printed on plain paper in step 3 with a copy of the handwritten check.