Checks

Manage check issuance and cancellation

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to submit check issuance and cancellation details for reconciliation and positive pay.

Check issuance with escheatment data request
Check issuance without escheatment data request

Before you begin

To submit check issuance or cancellation requests, you need the following: 

A registered and fully onboarded Developer Account on the J.P. Morgan Payments Developer Portal. 
An active project that provides you with the credentials used to make a request.

Check issuance with escheatment data request

Use the following example to submit a check issuance request that includes escheatment product code data.

POST /checks/issuance

Json

{
  "debtor": {
    "accountNumber": "1234567890",
    "financialInstitutionId": {
      "id": "123456789",
      "idType": "USABA"
    }
  },
  "checkNumber": "123456790",
  "issueDate": "2023-10-01",
  "checkAmount": {
    "currency": "CAD",
    "amount": "500.00"
  },
  "payees": [
    {
      "name": "John Doe",
      "priority": 1
    },
    {
      "name": "ELITE CORP",
      "priority": 2
    },
    {
      "name": "Esquire",
      "priority": 3
    }
  ],
  "address": {
    "addressLines": [
      "123 Main St",
      "Suite 100",
      "North Tower"
    ],
    "city": "Toronto",
    "postalCode": "M4C 1A1",
    "countrySubDivision": "ON",
    "country": "CA"
  },
  "additionalInformation": [
    {
      "valueType": "ESCHEATMENT_PRODUCT_CODE",
      "text": "123456"
    }
  ]
}

Check issuance without escheatment data request

Use the following example to submit a standard check issuance request without escheatment product code data.