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Your bank may choose to cash it, at their discretion, and assess a fee on your account which could be from $20-40 depending on your bank's fee schedule.

Or, your bank may choose to return the check to the payee (whoever you wrote it to). In this circumstance, if the payee presents the check for payment at your bank, they will likely be told to return to you for an explanation of why they are unable to cash the check. But if they cash or deposit it at another bank and the check is returned unpaid, they will be charged a "returned item" fee by that bank and will probably be quite unhappy with you, and may even request that you pay the fee in addition to paying the check.

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