To ensure Leeds Building Society comply with the Government's Money Laundering regulations, we must have evidence of your identity before opening an account. However, if you are an existing Leeds Building Society member and opening a new account with identical personal details, no further proof of identity is needed.

In the case of a joint application, identification for each applicant must be supplied. Please note: we will not be able to open an account without the correct identification.

Please forward one item from the following list to confirm your address:

• Bank, building society, or credit card statement (less than three months old);
  
• A utility bill less than three months old (a mobile telephone bill is not acceptable)
  
• Most recent mortgage statement from a recognised lender;
  
• Local authority council tax bill (valid for current year)

AND

• a cheque drawn on your personal (sole or joint) account. This cheque could be for the entire opening balance, or a nominal sum, provided it is accompanied by another cheque, ensuring that the sum of all cheques send covers at least the minimum account opening balance.

We will check your identity by searching the electoral roll and/or other records. If this is not successful, we may need to write to you to ask for further documentary evidence.

We will return the original documents to you after we have opened your account.