Cheque in Maiden name?

[FedNlanders]

Can I still cash this at nationwide if I have my marriage cert?

I once wrote a cheque out of my husbands chequebook by mistake. The bank (barclays) couldn't have cared less.

Grrrr. Pressed post not preview.

So I don't think they look too closely! Ask them?

I get a few cheques in my married name but my bank account is in my maiden name, I just take along my marriage certificate and some photo id and they sort it. I'm sure it'll work the same the other way round. It's a pain in the arse finding an open branch mind, really should change my account

So long as you held the account in your maiden name Nationwide normally won’t take a second glance at it (I had this after I got married). If it’s a new account then I’d take your marriage certificate with you just in case.

I tried a online chat with nationwide who didn't confirm yes or no, tried to call but they don't deal with cheques or queries over phone currently apparently, its a 40mile round trip to my closest nationwide so just do not want to waste a trip. Thank you

A general Google seems to suggest it will be fine if you take your marriage certificate with you. Have you tried phoning your local branch to double check? I always find Nationwide to be very helpful so I am surprised they couldn't answer your query which is hardly "out there" as queries go!

They shouldn't accept it as legally it has to go into an account in the same name as is on the cheque. Could you get the cheque changed or a new one issued in the correct name?

If you take your marriage certificate they’ll be able to process them.

However, if you didn’t change your name (neither did your DH) and your dad gets confused so randomly sends a cheque to DH for his birthday as DH MySurname, Nationwide won’t accept a marriage certificate in that instance because why would men change their name?