Valley Hometown Check Cashing Policy


  • Valley Hometown Market, Inc. will accept a personal check as payment for the amount of the order only (No cash back).
  • Valley Hometown, Inc. does NOT cash checks.
  • When using a check the customer must present a valid (not expired) photo driver’s license or PA photo ID card.
  • There is no way to use a check without presenting a valid ID.
  • The customer’s name must be on the check.
  • The name on the check must match the name on the photo ID.
  • The cashier will record a valid phone number and ID number on the front of the check.
  • All checks must be signed in the checker’s presence.
  • All checks for orders over $75.00 must be approved and initialed by the person in charge.
  • The maximum check that can be used is $250.00.
  • Customers cannot use more than three checks per week.
  • Customers cannot use more than one check per day.
  • Customers may cash “Rebate Checks” for $20.00 or less and must go toward the payment of an order.

Valley Hometown Market will NOT accept the following:

  • Payroll checks; Altered checks; Post-dated checks
  • Two party checks; Out of town checks; Home-printed checks
  • Checks for cash back; Money Orders; Traveler’s checks
  • Income tax checks; Checks drawn on a foreign bank; Insurance checks
  • Starter checks (defined: check with no name or check with a number less than 300)
  • Returned checks for insufficient or uncollected funds will be charged $50 service fee and the original payment amount.

Valley Hometown, Inc. reserves the right to refuse to accept any check for any reason.