|
+
HURRICANE KATRINA AND
RITA
INFO +
The Alabama
State banking Department
is committed to be
accessible and provide
service, plus
information to Alabama,
Louisiana,
Mississippi and Texas citizens.
Our goal is to assist
the financial needs of
our banking and loan
companies, their
customers and evacuees
in this time of crisis.
The following information and links are provided to assist those
people and institutions
affected by Hurricane
Katrina.
Please feel free to
contact the Alabama
State Banking Department
at 1-866-465-2279.
▪
Messages from John D.
Harrison, Superintendent
of Banks:
State Chartered Banks
Regulatory Relief
Assistance to
Individuals
▪
Governor Riley’s
Hurricane Katrina
Website
▪
Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation (FDIC)
Hurricane Katrina
Information
▪
American Red Cross
▪
Federal Reserve Bank of
Atlanta
▪
Office of the
Comptroller of the
Currency (OCC)
Hurricane Katrina
Information
▪
Federal Emergency
Management Agency
▪
Emergency Change of
Address
▪
Family Links Registry
▪
Features of a Treasury
Check
The FEMA disaster
assistance check has
"disaster assistance
written on the bottom left of the check and FEMA's Agency
Location Code (the ALC is 70070002) is located on the second
line on the reverse side of the check.
▪
SSA Third Party Draft
A check issued by local
Social Security offices
to individuals to
immediately replace a
benefit payment that was
not received.
▪
SSA Letter
A letter provided by
local Social Security
offices to individuals
when they receive a
third party draft at a
local office.
Individuals are
instructed to show this
letter when cashing the
third party draft.
The letter is intended
to assist in verifying
the individual's
identity and validating
the authenticity of the
check.
top of page
▪
VA Convenience Check
Letter
A letter provided by
Veterans Affairs to
individuals when they
receive a third party
draft. Individuals are
instructed to show this
letter when cashing the
third party draft. The
letter is intended to
assist in verifying the
individual's identity
and validating the
authenticity of the
check.
▪
VA Third Party Draft
A check issued by a
Veterans Affairs office
to individuals to
immediately replace a
benefit payment that was
not received.
▪
U.S. Check Security
Features
Document describing
security features of
Treasury checks. These
features, which can help
a depository institution
decide whether a
Treasury check is
authentic. The most
verifiable security
feature on a Treasury
check is the Treasury
seal, located to the
right of the Statue of
Liberty, which contains
security ink that will
run and turn red when
moistened. In addition,
the amount for which a
particular check was
issued can be verified
by calling the Federal
Reserve Bank of
Richmond's Treasury
check assistance number
at (804) 697-2605. This
number is normally
available from 8:00 am -
4:30 pm eastern time,
Monday through Friday;
however, until further
notice, operating hours
will be extended to 6:30
pm. Most Treasury checks
for FEMA disaster
assistance are in an
amount of $2,000.
Depository institutions
are encouraged to
contact the Treasury
check assistance number
if an individual is
seeking to cash a FEMA
check in a larger
amount.
▪
FEMA Check
A sample Treasury check
issued for FEMA disaster
payments. The check will
NOT have a social
security number on the
check for privacy
reasons. The address
will be the address
given by the person when
they contacted FEMA to
make a claim. This
address will probably
not be their home
address and will be
their temporary housing
location. All checks say
DISASTER ASSISTANCE near
the bottom left hand
side of the check, to
the right of the Statue
of Liberty. FEMA's
Agency Location Code (ALC)
70070002 M1 FEMA WASH is
located on the second
line of the check. Along
with another series of
numbers after a case
number.
top of page
|
