He may give you a check in full for two years and that check may bounce and he's instantly a problem.

If you had sent in a check on time and the check bounced would you expect to pay the fees?

I don't know the law back and forth in Texas, but bouncing ideas off an atty based on what others have used in their lease is my motivation here.

Technically they offered me payment when I meet them on Friday so it would not be right to give them notice now.I did tell her that if the check bounces there is $35 fee so she better not give me a bad check.

If the ACH bounces, they still pull the funds back.  

In some jurisdictions in the US they consider a post dated check an open contract and won't allow eviction proceedings to start until all the checks have been submitted and bounced. 

He has no credit score due to lack of credit history *The number they gave me for their current landlord is not correct *The reported occupancy dates on the screening report dont seem to be completely accurate but both seem to have a history of bouncing around and locations for each are different so they must not have been together very long *They brought the deposit in cash to the showing Applicant B:Single mother.

In other words, if a tenant pays with checks that consistently bounce, would requiring cash be considered a "system?"  

However we just received a notice from our bank that the check they issued for the deposit bounced (yes almost a year later, thanks BofA).

there is no sale till you got a signature and security deposit (no personal cheques for security deposit or first moth rent, it might bounce and you already have someone living in your rental.