Stop Payment
Description: To request a stop payment on a check.
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Step 1:
Email Accounts Payable at ap@fullerton.edu to verify if the check has been cashed.
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Step 2:
Accounts Payable will verify if the check listed is outstanding. If outstanding, Accounts Payable submits stop payment to Wells Fargo Bank. Canceled payment will be processed in Common Financial System (CFS) after it is processed with Wells Fargo.
If the check has not been cashed, complete the Stop Payment Application through Adobe Sign.
If check has been cashed, Accounts Payable will email the date it was cashed and requestor contacts their bank.
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STEP 3:
If required, a replacement check will be issued within 10 business days.
Checks are printed and distributed every Tuesday and Thursday. For Special Handling (if check pick-up is preferred over mailing), select the "special handling" box on the Stop Payment Application. Checks that are not picked up by the department within 5 business days at CP-300 will be mailed.