Question about name on cheque

hermanmunster_3

Personally I would never dream of referring to the dear Mrs Bloggs as anything other than Mrs F Bloggs - in her day no doubt, being Mrs G Bloggs meant you were divorced.

I use my maiden name for work and accounts are in this name but occasionally a relative sticking to good form sends me a cheque in my married name. Bank have copy of marriage cert and have never had any problem crediting the cheque to my account

hermante

Who issues cheques with Mr or Mrs anyway? I've never received one. I get about 5 a year and I always try to specify what name they should be issued in.

I was born with 4 middle names which was a bit annoying, and my parents used different names for different things and in different orders. When I was 20 I decided to make up a "government name" and use that for all official stuff. After changing records with HSBC, I suddenly got a cheque in one of my middle names, but the counter staff accepted it without even looking at my name change declaration (first time I had been to that branch), so I wonder if they could see it from their screen?
However, none of my "former" names seem to show up on credit reports.

Uncertain

hermante wrote: »

Who issues cheques with Mr or Mrs anyway? I've never received one.

Well Mrs "Bloggs" did, hence this debate!

She is getting on for ninety and I suspect the person who issued the cheque is a similar age!

Apparently she has been getting a cheque from this organisation every year and has never had a problem in the past. However, we can't be certain now how they were written in past years.

If it were my own I would try the suggestion of putting it in a deposit drop box as I suspect it would go through. However, like many elderly people, she wouldn't be happy without a cashier's stamp on the counterfoil of her book.

Thanks to everybody who has replied. I can, genuinely, see both side of this!