The following words and terms, when used in this Part, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Case type" means a payee, including, but not limited to:
"Cashier’s check" means a draft with respect to which the drawer and drawee are the same bank or branches of the same bank. [12A O.S. §3-104]
"Certified check" means a check accepted by the bank on which it is drawn. [12A O.S. §3-409]
"Check" means a draft payable on demand and drawn on a bank. A negotiable instrument may be a check even though it is described on its face by another term such as "money order." [12A O.S. §3-104]
"Distributed payments" means funds have been logged to the case and the resulting issuance, if any, has occurred.
"Forgery" means a fraudulently endorsed and subsequently cashed warrant.
"Negotiable instrument" means an unconditional promise or order to pay a fixed amount of money, with or without interest or other charges described in the promise or order, if it meets the criteria outlined in Section 3-104 of Title 12A of the Oklahoma Statutes.
"Payee" means the person or entity to whom the check is written.
"Pended payments" means funds which are distributed to case balances but the payee has not yet received the money. Pended payments include, but are not limited to, cancelled by statute and stop pay issuances.
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(A) "Cancelled by statute" means a warrant was issued but was not cashed by the payee within 90 days.
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(B) "Stop pay" means an Oklahoma Child Support Services (OCSS) warrant was issued but the payee has requested the check not be approved for payment. The payee must complete Form 10AD044E, Affidavit of Lost or Destroyed Warrant, in order to initiate the stop payment process. Upon receipt of Form 10AD044E, OCSS notifies the Oklahoma State Treasurer and issues a replacement warrant.
"Unauthorized signature" means a signature made without actual, implied or apparent authority. The term includes a forgery. [12A O.S. §1-201]
"Undistributed payments" means funds received but not yet distributed to a case balance.
"Warrant" means an unconditional written order by which one person or entity authorizes another person or entity to pay a sum certain of money to a third person or entity. A warrant is also known as a check or bank draft.