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Embarrassing screw-up on my part. Check written today is 11 numbers after the previous check.
1) Will this be questioned by the bank?
2) Should future checks resume after this latest check or can I go back to the checks I bypassed?
Yes, I tried to contact the bank but got nothing but robots and couldn't connect with a human. I don't know how I've survived this long being so damn stupid.
I've always used checks out of sequence. I have a checkbook, my wife has a checkbook. If we write checks, which really isn't often, they don't hit the bank in sequence at all. The bank never had an issue and never contacted me. The only possible problem I can see with it is if you used checks out of order and were not sure what the next check number is when you reorder checks. The bank might not honor a check with identical number on it.
My bank statement arrives with checks out of sequence marked with an asterisk. That's to make it easier for me to balance my checkbook.
The bank doesn't care. Even if you write checks in order, the people you give the checks to, do not cash them in order, and you have no control over that.
i write 1 check a month . been that way for many years .
as far as safety and security , the nypd warned us not to use local mail boxes . mail fishing is a huge problem and checks are being bleached out and re-written .
that can be a fight to get your money back as they have a signed check made out to the person who cashed it .
Unless you are concerned about taking a significant amount of money out of the wrong account (in which case, you can transfer the funds between accounts), the check number (and account) doesn't matter to anyone, but, you.
Having figured that out, I would add my voice to those recommending online banking and electronic payments and credit/debit card. We hardly use either cash or checks anymore, although I do retain one ministry account from which I write checks for various gifts and occasional, irregular expenses.
The latter provides much better control and an audit trail over payments. "The check is in the mail" is rapidly becoming an archaic concept.
I thank goodness in the days before electronic bill pay that none of my checks to creditors were ever late by snail mail.
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