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PEOPLE should cash their supplemental security income checks within a reasonable time to prevent loss or theft, even though there’s no time limit on cashing them, according to Philip E. Bettendorf, social security district manager in Winchester.
“A check that’s lost, stolen, or destroyed can be replaced, but it will take some time,” he said. ‘‘It’s in your interest to handle your supplemental security income checks carefully.”
‘‘It’s a good idea to sign your check in front of the person who will cash it,” he said. ‘‘If you sign your check and then lose it, it could be cashed by anyone who finds it.”
People whose supplemental security income checks are lost, stolen, or destroyed should get in touch with the nearest social security office at once and explain what happened, Bettendorf advised.
“People can helppreventlossor theft by arranging to have their supplemental security income pay
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