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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Oct. 20, 2007

Checking Out

Focus Column - By Robert Harrison - Despite the explosion of electronic commerce, the use of paper checks is at an all-time high. This is the only guide you'll ever need to the law surrounding them.

FOCUS COLUMN

By Robert Harrison

      The contemporary check seems so straightforward that most of us do not give it a second thought. We write a check to pay a bill and expect that the matter is closed. Besides being easy to use, checks are widely accepted and serve as a tangible record of payment. So, despite the rising use of Internet banking, electronic transfers and credit cards, the use of the ordinary check (according to the ...

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