The purpose of this policy is to provide guidelines on requesting stop payments of Accounts Payable checks for the Institute, while also ensuring compliance to the University System of Georgia, State Accounting Office and Institute payment policies.
A stop payment is a request by the Institute to our bank to refuse the processing of a check upon presentation. The most frequent reasons for stop payments are a lost, stolen, or damaged check. The associated action is a request to reissue the payment via a new check. A stop payment is made to prevent two checks being presented for payment. Checks within 10 days of issue from check date are considered to be en route to the payee.
A stop payment request may be submitted if the check was:
- Lost, stolen or damaged,
- Payee has not received the check at least 20 business days from the date check was issued, to allow for check audit and mail delivery,
- A check was sent in error,
- Check has not been cashed for more than 180 days since the check issue date.
All Georgia Tech employees, (includes faculty, staff, students and employees) submitting payments to Accounts Payable, and all suppliers (trade vendors for goods and services) submitting payments for conducting business with Georgia Tech.
| Stop Payment | A stop payment is a request by the Institute to our bank to refuse the processing of a check upon presentation. |
| Void and Reissue Payment | A void/reissue is a request by the department to void a check that has been mailed to a payee and reissue (replace with) a new check. |
5.1 Stop Payments | |
Status of Accounts Payable Check | The status of Accounts Payable check payments are to be checked prior to submitting a request stop payment checks. Payment status can be reviewed via the PO Payment Inquiry tool on the Procurement website. Checks that have cleared the GT bank account will reference the date in the ‘DATE CLEARED’ field. Checks that have cleared the Institute’s bank cannot have a stop payment request placed. |
Requests for stop payment of Accounts Payable Checks | All requests request for stop payments are to be submitted to the AP Accounting Team via ServiceNow Accounts Payable or via the Institute’s Ticketing System. |
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| Revision Date | Author | Description |
| 12/2020 | Accounts Payable | Updated to align with Workday |
| 08/2017 | Accounts Payable | General updates |
| 02/2011 | Accounts Payable | New Policy |