I know this is going to sound like a dumb question, but I'm in a crunch for time to give marketing an answer on this one. Are we required to print the bank's address on our customer's checks, or is the routing number sufficient? The marketing dept. wants to eliminate the address to allow room for some other wording. Thanks in advance for your advice.

I think there is a state law issue. If memory serves me, at least in CA, if the branch address is on a check, you may be able to require the payee to present the check at the branch of account. If not, then you cannot, and the payee can go to any branch.

As Al pointed out, state law should be checked (no pun intended).

In Maryland, if the checks are provided through the bank, the state law requires the month and year of when the account was opened to be printed on the face of the check.

You also need to refer to 229.36(b)(3:

(b) Receipt at bank office or processing center. A check is considered received by the paying bank when it is received:
(1) At a location to which delivery is requested by the paying bank;
(2) At an address of the bank associated with the routing number on the check, whether in magnetic ink or in fractional form;
(3) At any branch or head office, if the bank is identified on the check by name without address; or
(4) At a branch, head office, or other location consistent with the name and address of the bank on the check if the bank is identified on the check by name and address.