§ 17097 Replacement Warrant Loss Charges

• •If the government has to replace a lost or stolen check, the cost comes from the same account that paid for it.
• •This rule is about making sure the right account covers the cost of fixing mistakes with checks.
• •It applies to any money lost because of replacing a check.

The government sends a check to a school for new books, but the check gets lost in the mail. They have to send a new one.

The cost to make and send the new check comes from the same money that was supposed to pay for the books.