> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.treasuryprime.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Issue a Check ## OpenAPI ````yaml api-reference/openapi-payments.json POST /check openapi: 3.1.0 info: contact: email: help@treasuryprime.com name: Treasury Prime Support url: https://support.treasuryprime.com summary: Banking APIs termsOfService: https://www.treasuryprime.com/policy/terms title: Payments version: 1.18.581-gbba3b1de servers: - description: Production url: https://api.treasuryprime.com - description: Sandbox url: https://api.sandbox.treasuryprime.com security: - basicAuth: [] - apiKey: [] paths: /check: post: tags: - Check Issuing summary: Issue a Check requestBody: content: application/json: examples: example: summary: Example value: account_id: acct_11gag8g8aw8tzv amount: '10.05' memo: presidential pension message: >- Presidential pension for November 2021. Please deposit within 60 days. recipient: address: city: Washington postal_code: '20003' state: DC street_line_1: 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. street_line_2: '' name: George Washington schema: properties: account_id: description: ID of the Account issuing the check. Filterable. type: string amount: description: Amount of money to transfer, with two decimal precision pattern: ^-?[0-9]+[.][0-9][0-9]$ type: string check_date: description: Date on which the check was issued type: string delivery_method: description: >- Delivery options for sending the check with the default being standard USPS shipping. For USPS First Class, Overnight, Two Day, and USPS Certified delivery options please contact support to ensure your account is properly configured for sending through those methods. type: string memo: description: >- Optional text to include on the memo line of the check (max of 40 characters) type: string message: description: >- Optional text to include on the bottom of the check page (maximum of 400 characters) type: string recipient: description: Recipient of the check properties: address: description: Address of the recipient properties: city: description: City (max 21 characters) type: string postal_code: description: >- Postal code (5-digit or 5+4 Zip Code for U.S. addresses) type: string state: description: State (max 2 characters) type: string street_line_1: description: First line of the address (max 35 characters) type: string street_line_2: description: >- Optional second line of the address (max 35 characters) type: string type: object name: description: Name of the recipient type: string type: object status: description: Status of check. Filterable. type: string userdata: description: Arbitrary data the user can attach to the object type: object required: - amount - account_id - recipient - id description: The check to create required: true responses: '200': content: application/json: examples: example: summary: Success value: account_id: acct_11gag8g8aw8tzv amount: '10.05' check_date: '2021-11-09T22:39:48Z' check_number: '12012' created_at: '2021-11-09T22:39:48Z' id: ch_11grny5mfhvjnp memo: presidential pension message: >- Presidential pension for November 2021. Please deposit within 60 days. recipient: address: city: Washington postal_code: '20003' state: DC street_line_1: 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. street_line_2: '' name: George Washington status: pending userdata: null schema: properties: account_id: description: ID of the Account issuing the check. Filterable. type: string amount: description: Amount of money to transfer, with two decimal precision pattern: ^-?[0-9]+[.][0-9][0-9]$ type: string bank_id: description: ID of the bank with which the object is associated type: string check_date: description: Date on which the check was issued type: string check_number: description: >- The number printed on the issued check. Check numbers are automatically generated after check object creation type: string delivery_method: description: >- Delivery options for sending the check with the default being standard USPS shipping. For USPS First Class, Overnight, Two Day, and USPS Certified delivery options please contact support to ensure your account is properly configured for sending through those methods. type: string error: description: An error message of why the check is in error status. type: string id: description: Unique identifier for object type: string memo: description: >- Optional text to include on the memo line of the check (max of 40 characters) type: string message: description: >- Optional text to include on the bottom of the check page (maximum of 400 characters) type: string org_id: description: >- ID of the organization with which the object is associated. Filterable. type: string recipient: description: Recipient of the check properties: address: description: Address of the recipient properties: city: description: City (max 21 characters) type: string postal_code: description: >- Postal code (5-digit or 5+4 Zip Code for U.S. addresses) type: string state: description: State (max 2 characters) type: string street_line_1: description: First line of the address (max 35 characters) type: string street_line_2: description: >- Optional second line of the address (max 35 characters) type: string type: object name: description: Name of the recipient type: string type: object signatory_name: description: >- The name of the person or entity being used as the signatory on this check type: string status: description: Status of check. Filterable. type: string userdata: description: Arbitrary data the user can attach to the object type: object description: The check created components: securitySchemes: basicAuth: scheme: basic type: http apiKey: bearerFormat: JWT scheme: bearer type: http ````