A debt collector may not use unfair or unconscionable means to collect a debt. This includes depositing a postdated check prior to the date on the check.
Louisiana Notice to Debt Collector - Depositing a Postdated Check Prior to the Date on the Check
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Use this form to notify a debt collector they violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). Receiving notice from a consumer makes it more likely a debt collector will comply with the FDCPA. If they don't comply after receiving notice, your notice letter may help prove that their actions were intentional.
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Generally, state law provides that if you notified your bank or credit union about a post-dated check a reasonable time before it received the check, your notice is valid for six months. During that time, the bank or credit union should not cash the check before the date you wrote on the check.
1 attorney answerIt doesn't matter to the bank what date you put on a check, they'll honor it (or not) when they get it for posting. The court doesn't care what date is on a check...
Federal law restricts what a debt collector can and cannot do with your postdated check. Specifically, under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), a debt collector cannot: coerce you into making a postdated payment by threatening or instituting criminal prosecution.
From a criminal law perspective, there is nothing inherently illegal about postdating a check, says Eric Hintz, a criminal defense attorney in Sacramento, California. Hintz says that only criminal intent, such as intentionally not having enough money for a payment, can be grounds for check fraud.
The post-dated cheque is not payable till the date which is shown on the face of the said document. It will only become cheque on the date shown on it and prior to that it remains a bill of exchange under Section 5 of the Act.
A signed check immediately becomes legal tender that a bank can deposit or cash before the indicated date on the check. Therefore, a bank will be able to accept a check if it is dated and signed. Ask your bank or credit union for their specific policy for postdated checks in their account disclosures.
In most cases, when you receive a postdated check, you can deposit or cash a postdated check at any time. Debt collectors may be prohibited from processing a check before the date on the check, but most individuals are free to take postdated checks to the bank immediately.
Post-dated checks are perfectly legal. If they weren't, pay day lenders, and other crude forms of credit, couldn't exist. Only properly payable checks are supposed to be cashed by banks. But just about anything with the right signature on it is properly payable, including post-dated and overdrawn checks.
Depositing a postdated check a day early may cause the check writer's bank to attempt to pay the check immediately. If the check writer does not yet have the funds in his bank account, this will cause the check to "bounce," or be returned for nonsufficient funds.
