Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 655.86 (2025)

Issuance of postdated checks.

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655.86 Issuance of postdated checks.It is the duty of the person drawing a postdated check to notify, in writing, the separate office or branch of the institution upon which such check is drawn, giving a complete description thereof, including the name of the payee, the date, the number, and the amount thereof; otherwise, the institution is not liable for paying such check.
History.s. 54, ch. 92-303.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2006–2006 · leading case: McKenzie Check Advance of Florida v. Betts, 928 So. 2d 1204 (Fla. 2006).
McKenzie Check Advance of Florida v. Betts, 928 So. 2d 1204 (Fla. 2006). · cites it 2× “§ 655.86, Fla. Stat. (1997). Unless the Department intended for check cashers to *1214 accept postdated checks without ever cashing them, which seems absurd, it must have intended to allow deferred presentment of postdated checks.”
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