Ask Liz Weston » cashier’s check http://asklizweston.com Personal Finance Columnist Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:18:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Will new bank cash old cashier’s check? http://asklizweston.com/2009/10/06/will-new-bank-cash-old-cashiers-check/ http://asklizweston.com/2009/10/06/will-new-bank-cash-old-cashiers-check/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:51:37 +0000 lizweston http://asklizweston.com/?p=1469 Dear Liz: I have a pack-rat mother. During my most recent “purging” of her boxes of papers, I found a cashier’s check for almost $2,000. The catch is, it’s dated Jan. 15, 1986, and was issued by a bank that’s since been acquired. What are the chances of the acquiring bank honoring the check? My mother is wealthy enough for this to be an amusing, albeit embarrassing, story, but I hate the needless waste of money.

Answer: You and your mother can present the check to the bank, but most likely you’ll be directed to your state escheat office, where unclaimed bank funds typically end up. You can find a link at www.unclaimed.org, a site run by the National Assn. of Unclaimed Property Administrators.

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