Check Signature Cards

Where can I find a signature card to allow new bishopric members to sign checks?

denncase wrote:Where can I find a signature card to allow new bishopric members to sign checks?

You can print signature cards from MLS. Just go to Reports/Forms, Print Form, then select Signature Card.

Alan_Brown wrote:You can print signature cards from MLS. Just go to Reports/Forms, Print Form, then select Signature Card.

So is the intent to just drop this off at the bank and we are good to go?

kmalone wrote:So is the intent to just drop this off at the bank and we are good to go?

If you are on deposit concentration, complete the signature card and mail it to CHQ. You do not need to take the MLS signature card to the bank.

If you have a local bank account with a balance of $1,100 then you should call CHQ for instructions. In some cases, they will ask you to get a signature card from that bank, sign it, and return it to that bank. In other cases, CHQ has taken over management of the account at the local bank.

In either case, the signature card generated by MLS goes to CHQ and covers the local unit checking account for the unit checks that come from CHQ.

Okay so I updated the signature card form but for some reason it will not save the new info. It prints it but won't save it.

What am I doing wrong?

Print out the signature card. Have the members of the bishopric and appropriate clerks sign the card. Mail the card to CHQ. Salt Lake needs to have the actual signatures on file. There is no need to save the form, and you cannot send it via MLS.

lajackson wrote:Print out the signature card. Have the members of the bishopric and appropriate clerks sign the card. Mail the card to CHQ. Salt Lake needs to have the actual signatures on file. There is no need to save the form, and you cannot send it via MLS.

Thanks wasn't sure if something was wrong because it wouldn't save my name in the field.

kmalone wrote:Thanks wasn't sure if something was wrong because it wouldn't save my name in the field.

No worries. Sounds like you did everything correctly. The names that show up on the signature card form are pulled from a standard set of callings in MLS. Custom callings will not show up. The form allows you to edit/add/remove names there for a 1-time print out, but there is no way to save any changes. The next time the form is called up, it populates the fields from the standard calling database again.

Just a note, there IS a limit of how many days can elapse from the time the form is printed until it's invlaid, so don't delay getting all the signatures and mailing it off.

Mike

Mikerowaved wrote:No worries. Sounds like you did everything correctly. The names that show up on the signature card form are pulled from a standard set of callings in MLS. Custom callings will not show up. The form allows you to edit/add/remove names there for a 1-time print out, but there is no way to save any changes. The next time the form is called up, it populates the fields from the standard calling database again.

Just a note, there IS a limit of how many days can elapse from the time the form is printed until it's invlaid, so don't delay getting all the signatures and mailing it off.

Mike

Thanks, one more signature and its gone.

Hello,

We have a new ward clerk. We have printed and sent in our signature check into CHQ. How long before we can have the ward clerk sign for checks? Will CHQ send something back to verify or confirm our signature card?

Thank you.

shackdaddy wrote:We have a new ward clerk. We have printed and sent in our signature check into CHQ. How long before we can have the ward clerk sign for checks? Will CHQ send something back to verify or confirm our signature card?

You won't get any kind of confirmation. The same day you drop it in the mail, those named on the card may begin signing checks.

MLS no longer seems to have a print forms choice under Reports/forms, Would it be possible to find out where to find the check signature form has been moved to in MLS?

coullrj wrote:MLS no longer seems to have a print forms choice under Reports/forms, Would it be possible to find out where to find the check signature form has been moved to in MLS?

The Signature Card option is still available, but the location has changed slightly in the 4 years since this topic began.

You can find detailed instructions in the Signature Card topic in RKATS. There are multiple ways to find the Signature Card option in MLS; one easy way is using the Finance menu under Finance Reports.

We are a new branch with MLS version 3.7.2 and I can not find the signature card in any of the locations indicated. I have extensively searched through MLS and it is no where to be found. Is ther a way to get it off of the church web sight for leaders and clerks?

spring638 wrote:We are a new branch with MLS version 3.7.2 and I can not find the signature card in any of the locations indicated. I have extensively searched through MLS and it is no where to be found. Is ther a way to get it off of the church web sight for leaders and clerks?

This post indicates that there is no Signature Card option for branches in MLS (for some odd reason, it is only available to wards and stakes). So your only option is to call the Global Service Center; there is no way to print a Signature Card on LDS.org at this point.

aebrown wrote:

spring638 wrote:We are a new branch with MLS version 3.7.2 and I can not find the signature card in any of the locations indicated. I have extensively searched through MLS and it is no where to be found. Is ther a way to get it off of the church web sight for leaders and clerks?

This post indicates that there is no Signature Card option for branches in MLS (for some odd reason, it is only available to wards and stakes). So your only option is to call the Global Service Center; there is no way to print a Signature Card on LDS.org at this point.

The option can be there, I just had to have support turn it on. For some reason it wasn't available by default.

I am searching for the signature card on MLS also and following the instructions updated as of 16 Sept 2014 which state: 1.From the MLS Finances menu, select Finance Reports, then Signature Card. (Alternate method: From the MLS Reports/Forms menu, select Signature Card.)

For the first option I see the following 2 menu items from MLS finances menu/Finances Reports: 1)Donor statements and 2) Income and expense reports. No option for Signature Card.

I don't see it on the MLS reports/forms menu either. Maybe I do not have the right clearance to see it? (counselor in bishopric?) Or more likely I am not looking where I think I am looking?

From the home screen I click on the finance tab at the top, then scroll down to Finance Reports and look for signature card, correct? Or I click on the "Reports/Forms" tab at the top and should see the signature card option. It is not in either location.

bradley_d_horrocks wrote:Maybe I do not have the right clearance to see it? (counselor in bishopric?)

Seems likely. I'd check to see if the Finance Clerk or Ward Clerk can print it.

bradley_d_horrocks wrote:For the first option I see the following 2 menu items from MLS finances menu/Finances Reports: 1)Donor statements and 2) Income and expense reports. No option for Signature Card.

I don't see it on the MLS reports/forms menu either. Maybe I do not have the right clearance to see it? (counselor in bishopric?) Or more likely I am not looking where I think I am looking?

You're looking in the right spot. Right now, printing the signature card is disabled for your unit. This can happen if you reinstall MLS without restoring a backup. The Global Service Center can resolve this by staging a configuration file for MLS that will be picked up on the next transmission.

If anyone runs into this in the future, contact the GSC.

In May or June of 2014, we sent in a new Check Signature Card, with my name added. But I just checked, and I'm still not listed.

I am listed in MLS as Ward Assistant Clerk. But my main responsibility is finance.

Is that why I don't show up on the signature card? Do I need to get the stake to change my calling to Ward Assistant Clerk -- Financial?

Thanks,

Kevin

kevinf99online wrote:In May or June of 2014, we sent in a new Check Signature Card, with my name added. But I just checked, and I'm still not listed.

I don't know as it matters. As long as you are added to the card if it has to be printed and submitted again, you're authorized to sign checks.

kevinf99online wrote:I am listed in MLS as Ward Assistant Clerk. But my main responsibility is finance.

Is that why I don't show up on the signature card? Do I need to get the stake to change my calling to Ward Assistant Clerk -- Financial?

If your primary focus is finance then it may be good to add the Ward Assistant Clerk -- Financial calling. If should add you to the signature card and it would also show in the online directory and in LDS Tools so that members know who to contact about financial matters. But I wouldn't get rid of the Ward Assistant Clerk calling since it gives you rights to online tools that you wouldn't have with just the financial calling. Note that adding this calling is done in the ward MLS, not the stake MLS.

As you've already been called as an assistant clerk I don't know whether you really need to be called again for the finance part but it doesn't hurt to check with the stake to make sure the Stake President is OK with recording the additional calling as well.