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Understanding the Legal Issues of Check Endorsements

 

Learn about legal risks, rules, and best practices for check endorsements to prevent fraud and ensure compliance.

Unauthorized and fraudulent endorsements are frequently the basis for litigation. As a result, understanding the legal rights and remedies surrounding check endorsements, training bank staff, review of bank statements, and oversight of bookkeepers and other professionals is critical to understanding legal risk. This course will discuss the rules and legal issues pertaining to check endorsements, including those established by the Uniform Commercial Code. This information will address the best practices and procedures for confirming proper endorsements and address endorsement issues concerning business checks, income tax and treasury checks, and checks made payable to trusts and other fiduciaries.