Cheque Stop Payment Letter to the Bank Sample/Template

Cheque stop payment letter is a request letter from a bank's customer to its bank to stop making the payment on a cheque already issued by that customer.

In case you have issued a cheque in favor of a person or an organization, but later on you decide not to make the payment to the said party, then you have to request your bank not to honor the payment when the cheque is presented to them. This whole exercise is generally referred to as 'Cheque Stop Payment' requests.

You will have to write a letter to your bank requesting the same. Though many banks these days are also providing this facility through net-banking online/app medium. However, in case of no other alternate mechanism, you can use the following formats of letters to write to the bank.

Please fill in the necessary details in the following specimen letters, and submit the same at the bank's branch office.

TEMPLATE #1

(Letter by an Individual)

Date: ________

To

The Branch Manager

(Name of the Bank)

(Name of the Branch)

(Address)

Sub.: Request for stop payment of Cheque(s)

Dear Sir/Madam,

I request you to kindly arrange to stop the payment of the cheque bearing no. ________ dated ________ issued in favour of (Name of the Party) for a sum of (Amount). The cheque was issued under my savings account bearing number ________________ maintained at your branch.

I would highly appreciate it if you can please stop the payment immediately upon receipt of this letter and acknowledge with a confirmation towards the same at the earliest.

Thank you for your cooperation!

Yours sincerely,

    (Signature)

(Name of the Account-holder)

TEMPLATE #2

(Letter by a Company/Organization)

Ref: ________

Date: ________

To

The Branch Manager

(Name of the Bank)

(Name of the Branch)

(Address)

Sub.: Request for stop payment of Cheque(s)

Dear Sir/Madam,

We hereby request you to kindly stop the payment of the cheque bearing no. ________ dated ________ issued in favor of (Name of the Person/ Organisation) for a sum of (Amount). The cheque was issued under our company's current account bearing number ________________ maintained at your branch.

We would highly appreciate it if you can please stop the payment immediately upon receipt of this letter and provide us with a confirmation towards the same at the earliest.

Thank you for your cooperation!

Yours sincerely,

For (Name of the Organisation),

    (Signature)

Authorized Signatory

TEMPLATE #3

(Example of Letter - a Dummy Letter)

April 27, 2024

To

The Branch Manager

State Bank of India

Sagarpur Branch

Faridabad, HR, 121004

Sub.: Stop Payment of Cheque.

Ref: Savings account no. 00009876543210.

Sir/Madam,

Apropos the captioned subject, I humbly request you to immediately stop the payment of cheque bearing no. 123456 dated 01/04/2024 for a sum of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand Only) issued in favour of Chitoor Singh.

I further request you to promptly intimate me about the dishonour of the said cheque at your branch when presented.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

(Full Signature)

Raam Lala Yadav