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Personal Check Stock Explained

1 min read · By the Check Writer 123 team

Personal check stock is smaller than business check stock — typically around 6 x 2.75 inches — and has no attached stub, since personal checking doesn't usually need a separate paper record beyond your bank statement.

What's on it

Just the account holder's name and address, the date line, payee line, amount boxes, memo line, and signature line — no logo, no second signer, no stub. It's a simpler, more compact version of the same fields found on a business check.

If you occasionally need to write a check for personal use — rent, a utility, a one-off payment to someone who doesn't take cards — personal check stock paired with simple check software is the lighter-weight option compared to a full business check setup.

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