1: Your personal information
In the upper left corner of your check, you’ll find the name and address you’ve registered with your bank.
2: Check number
In the upper and lower right corners of your check is the check number. This number is for your own record-keeping and provides additional account security. Check numbers help you keep track of which checks you have used and will appear as line items in your bank statement.
3: Date line
When writing a check, here is where you record the date that you intend for the transaction to occur. If you write a check and plan for it to be deposited at a later date, make sure that your account has adequate funds to cover the amount because your check’s recipient may not wait until the date written to deposit the check.
4: “Pay to the order of” line
This line is where you write the name of the business or individual your check is intended for.
5 and 6: Dollar amount box and dollar line
To the right of the “Pay to the order of” line, your check has a box with a dollar sign in front of it. This is where you write the total amount of money you wish to send in numerals; for example, $315.10.
On the line directly below, you will write out the check amount long-form, with words instead of numbers. If your check amount includes cents, they should be written as a fraction. Using the example above, this would be: Three hundred and fifteen dollars + 10/100.
