DD has just wriotten her name over a cheque I received from NS&I - is it still valid?

[mckenzie]

I was lucky enough to have a win today on the premium bonds and left the cheque in the study. DD has just been in and used the computer and written her name, twice, in blue felt tip pen over the cheque. It's not actually over any of the cheque printing. Will i still be able to pay it in to the bank does anyone know?

TIA

bump please

again??

should be able to - Definately worth taking it to the bank congratulations!

thanks for the replies. I shall try tomorrow. In the same post was a 'recovery of unpaid penalty charge' for a parking fine that we contested and lost so I'm not really celebrating the win. It's only a third of the fine

take it to the bank and ask, it depends what exactly she has written across, if they say no you can ring whoever sent you the cheque and ask them to cancel that one and send you out another one (so you wont lose the money either way)
have just had to do this with cheque for some freelance work after puppy got hold of it. felt rather stupid explaining that i needed a new cheque cos my dog ate it....

NS&I send me a crossed warrant, not a cheque. So I wonder if it is handled differently - as with the NS&I crossed warrant, you have to sign it, before presenting it for payment.
If your DD hasn't signed it for you... then sign it where indicated and present it to your bank. As all details on it are computer printed, I do wonder if they will just ignore what your DD has written on it.

Do post an update, to say if you ever got the money, or if your bank returned the cheque/warrant.