For a criminal charge: two years.
Your best bet will be to have the questioned signature verfied against known true signatures. I would think that a good place to get a true signature would be from the bank records of the deceased. The bank should have several copies of the true signature.
I don't think you can sue the bank unless you can prove that they KNEW or SHOULD HAVE KNOWN that your signature was a forgery. Contact the bank and tell them what happened. Contact the police. Seems like a pretty clear cut case of forgery here.
In the bank where I used to work, several of the VPs had the authority to provide a medallion signature. Check with your bank.
The crime the question describes is (#1) 'Petit Larceny' in the city where the blank check was stolen and (#2) 'Uttering' in the city where the check was deposited in the bank. If the forgery that made the blank check read $1,000 occurred in the same city where it was deposited, then the crime of 'Forgery' occurred in THAT city.
To deposit a third party check from Bank of America, you can either visit a Bank of America branch and endorse the check with both your signature and the third party's signature, or you can use the Bank of America mobile app to deposit the check by following the instructions for mobile check deposit.
Depends on the quality of the forgery. Anything from seconds to forever.
To deposit a third party check into your Bank of America account, you can either visit a Bank of America branch and endorse the check with both your signature and the third party's signature, or you can use the Bank of America mobile app to deposit the check by following the instructions for mobile check deposit.
Yes. Signature difference is one of the reasons as to why a cheque may be dishonored. Every customers signature is recorded with the bank. If the signature on the cheque does not match the signature of the customer as per the bank records, then the bank has the right to dishonor the cheque.
It needs to be endorsed by both you and the bank. If you try to cash a cheque made out to someone else without his/her endorsement you can be imprisoned for forgery.
To verify a joint account check signature, the bank typically compares the signature on the check with the signatures on file for all account holders. If the signatures match, the check is considered valid.
If an individual believes a bank is responsible for forgery, a case can be brought against the bank to hold it responsible. The best advice on how to go about this can be given by a lawyer.