Tips for taking cashiers checks/ bank drafts/certified checks. 1/ talk to your bank before the person shows up to pick the car up. 2/ you and the buyer drive to your bank give them the check and have them verify that the check is good. The bank verifies that the check is good for the amount that it is written for... Remember the bank has a vested interest in you as a customer, loans morgage, credit cards etc and if you loose a car and spend the cash it could ruin you so they will be willing help screen some of the cheaters in the world for you..