Paper drafts (e-mail & fax checks) are explicitly established as a legal method for
payment as provided in the United States Uniform Commercial Code.
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additonal information about the legal basis for e-mail and fax checks, also know as paper drafts.
Essentially what it all means, is that it is legal to accept check payments by e-mail or fax, provided the payee
can produce documentation to prove that you authorized the check.
When you send us the required documentation by e-mail form or fax:
- We will print up a check (paper draft) and submit it to our bank, just like any other check.
- The banking system will process it, just like any other check.
- Your bank will post it to your account, just like any other check.
- Your bank will return the canceled check to you, just like a check you write,
- There are no special processing or handling charges, it is treated just like any other check.
- This is not an automatic withdrawal authorization. It is simply a one time check.