Misspelled Name on Cashier's Check

Assuming that the misspelling is inadvertent and that the remitter means the check to be payable to the person whose name was misspelled. If the intent was to make the payment to Samuel Barnett and the payee name was entered as Samuel Barnette, Samuel Barnett is the proper payee of the check. Usually, to deflect possible challenges, the payee in such cases endorses the check first as it is drawn, with the misspelling, and then with the payee's correct name.

First published on BankersOnline.com 7/21/08