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The main reason banks refuse to cash checks is due to insufficient funds, but checks can be rejected for other reasons, too, including unreadable or invalid account and routing numbers, improper formatting, a missing or invalid signature, or the elapse of too much time since the printed date.

A bank sets its own policy whether to accept or reject third-party checks and is not legally required to accept them. For instance, if the bank accepts the check, the bank can require the payee to be present to verify the signature.

A bad check is a check the bank will not honor. There are three kinds of bad checks. Non-Sufficient Funds (NSF) checks: A check is NSF if there is not enough money in the account to pay it or the account is closed. Stop Payment checks: The person who wrote the check told the bank to stop payment.

Criminal Penalties Issuing a bad check is a class C misdemeanor for checks up to $250, a class B misdemeanor for checks between $250 and $500, a class A misdemeanor for checks between $500 and $1,000, and a class D felony for checks over $1,000.

Accept Only Cashier's Checks A cashier's check offers the greatest protection to the recipient as they can't be reversed. Cashier's checks are treated as guaranteed funds because the bank, rather than the purchaser, is responsible for paying the amount. The same goes for a wire transfer to your company's bank account.

State law imposes a criminal penalty for passing a bad check, which ranges from a misdemeanor to a Class D felony, depending upon the amount of the check. Issues involving bad checks should be pursued with criminal authorities or private counsel.