1.   And indeed, both Robert and Sterling Granville Higgins had served time in jail in the United States, Robert for fraud and Sterling for issuing bad checks.

2.   Barring a last-minute appeal, checks will be issued in July.

3.   A signature is normally needed before a check can be issued.

4.   But the states that have filed plans so far say they intend to keep issuing checks.

5.   For example, if someone was issued a check drawn on the escrow account but never cashed it, the money remained in the account, the suit said.

6.   Hundreds of children were living in the building, and the city said it would refuse to issue rent checks to homeless families housed there.

7.   If the board decides that the state should take over the disability payments, Hilton said, checks would be issued within days of the ruling.

8.   If people are unable to wait for that check, they can go to their local Social Security office to have the check issued immediately.

9.   In some cases, checks were issued on the spot to cover temporary housing costs.

10.   It gets a receipt that is submitted with documentation to the Department of Environmental Protection, which issues the check in about three weeks.