# Overwriting a third party check endorsement

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overwriting-a-third-party-check-endorsement/571369>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 14, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overwriting-a-third-party-check-endorsement/571369 "2011-02-14T22:28:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overwriting-a-third-party-check-endorsement/571369/41 "2011-03-14T18:13:24Z")

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> [@Fotheringay-Phipps](#):
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> I have direct deposit. I don’t know if I’ve been in that bank since the day I opened the account.
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> If I have to go there every time someone gives me a check, that will change in a rather annoying way. Actually my wife is likely going to be the one making the deposits, to tell the truth, but she rarely if ever goes to the bank either to this point, and I’m not happy about her having the extra hassle either.

You can deposit checks by mail.

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**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overwriting-a-third-party-check-endorsement/571369/42 "2011-03-14T18:37:46Z")

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> [@acsenray](#):
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> You can deposit checks by mail.

Or even at an ATM.

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