Check numbers are limited to a maximum of eight digits. Check numbers are not duplicated. Check Signing Checks bear the signature of the Controller. The Controller delegates check signing authority to specific institutional personnel. Institutional use of the Controller's signature is used exclusively for signing payroll checks.
Institutions maintain control over the check signing software and equipment.
Check Control Access to check stock is physically restricted and the stock is kept in a locked storage area or in a locking storage device. All check stock bears a control number. A log is used to account for all check stock control numbers. A copy of the check stock control log is sent to the Controller's Division by the 10 th of each month covering the previous month's activity. Check stock is physically inventoried and reconciled to the check stock control log on a quarterly basis.