Question for cashiers (you know K-mart, Wal-mart etc...)?

Question

When someone pays with a check... You have to write on the check. Don't you draw a plus sign sort of thing. But what do you write in the different quadrants? Isn't it expiration date, license number etc (and in which quadrant)?

Answer 1

This is defined by a company which will guarantee the check. Usually, the diff quadrants contain

Driver's Lic. Number
Exp Date
Initials of Clerk
Authorization Code

Answer 2

The other person who responded is exactly right. It is determined by the company that verifies the check. I work at a privately owned retail store and i need to put the state in the upper left box, DL# in the top right box, Date of Birth in the bottom left, and then the confirmation number i receive after the check is approved in the bottom right.