1. (a)

   1. (1) Any check issued in payment of benefits returned "undelivered" to the Division of Workforce Services by the United States Postal Service shall be canceled immediately.
   2. (2) Upon receipt of the payee's correct mailing address, the division will recertify for payment the week for which the original check was issued.

2. (b)

   1. (1) Each month, upon receipt of a current outstanding benefit check register, the division shall cause to be canceled each benefit check which, at that time, has been outstanding longer than sixty (60) days.
   2. (2) In the event the claimant files a written inquiry concerning such a canceled check, the division, after determination, may recertify for payment the week for which the original check was issued.

3. (c)

   1. (1) In the event a check issued in payment of benefits is lost, mutilated, or destroyed, the payee shall file a statement to that effect in affidavit form with the division.
   2. (2) Upon receipt of such properly executed affidavit and after determination, the division may issue a duplicate check to the payee.

4. (d)

   1. (1) In the event the original check has been negotiated by someone other than the payee, the payee whose endorsement was forged shall furnish satisfactory evidence of forgery by filing an affidavit as to forgery form with the division.
   2. (2) Upon receipt of such evidence, the division may file the original check and the affidavit as to forgery form with the bank on which such check was drawn.
   3. (3) Upon receipt of the refund, or proper credit, from the bank for the check, the division shall then proceed to issue a replacement check to the payee.

5. (e)

   1. (1) At the time of cancellation of such outstanding check or checks, if a base period employer has been charged with benefits represented by such check or checks, its account shall be credited with the amount of the check or checks so canceled, the credit to be effective in the period in which the check or checks were canceled.
   2. (2) If no charge to the employer's account has yet been made at the time of cancellation of the check or checks, no charge representing the amount of the canceled check or checks shall be made to such account.
6. (f) If reissuance of any benefit check canceled in accordance with subsections (a) and (b) of this section can affect an employer's account as stated in subsection (e) of this section, such employer's account shall be recharged in the proper amount, giving effect to the date of reissuance of the check.

Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided as follows: "Rule No. 21" "This Rule is hereby amended, promulgated and adopted by the Director, Arkansas Department of Workforce Services, pursuant to Arkansas Code Annotated §11-10-501 to read as follows:" "This amended Rule shall take effect and be in full force on and after July 1, 1989."