diff --git a/web/cashtab/src/components/Common/Ticker.js b/web/cashtab/src/components/Common/Ticker.js
--- a/web/cashtab/src/components/Common/Ticker.js
+++ b/web/cashtab/src/components/Common/Ticker.js
@@ -47,14 +47,24 @@
 }
 
 export function toLegacy(address) {
+    let testedAddress;
     let legacyAddress;
+    let hasPrefix = address.includes(':');
+
+    if (!hasPrefix) {
+        testedAddress = `bitcoincash:` + address;
+    } else {
+        testedAddress = address;
+    }
     try {
-        if (isCash(address)) {
-            const { type, hash } = cashaddr.decode(address);
+        if (isCash(testedAddress)) {
+            const { type, hash } = cashaddr.decode(testedAddress);
             legacyAddress = cashaddr.encode('bitcoincash', type, hash);
-            console.log(`legacyAddress`);
         } else {
-            throw new Error('Address prefix is not in Ticker.prefixes array');
+            console.log(`Error: ${address} is not a cash address`);
+            throw new Error(
+                'Address prefix is not a valid cash address with a prefix from the Ticker.prefixes array',
+            );
         }
     } catch (err) {
         return err;
diff --git a/web/cashtab/src/components/Common/__tests__/Ticker.test.js b/web/cashtab/src/components/Common/__tests__/Ticker.test.js
--- a/web/cashtab/src/components/Common/__tests__/Ticker.test.js
+++ b/web/cashtab/src/components/Common/__tests__/Ticker.test.js
@@ -51,6 +51,13 @@
     );
 });
 
+test('toLegacy() accepts a valid BCH address with no prefix and returns with prefix', async () => {
+    const result = toLegacy('qqd3qn4zazjhygk5a2vzw2gvqgqwempr4gjykk3wa0');
+    expect(result).toStrictEqual(
+        'bitcoincash:qqd3qn4zazjhygk5a2vzw2gvqgqwempr4gjykk3wa0',
+    );
+});
+
 test('toLegacy() returns a valid bitcoincash: prefix address unchanged', async () => {
     const result = toLegacy(
         'bitcoincash:qqd3qn4zazjhygk5a2vzw2gvqgqwempr4gjykk3wa0',
@@ -76,6 +83,8 @@
     );
 
     expect(result).toStrictEqual(
-        new Error('Address prefix is not in Ticker.prefixes array'),
+        new Error(
+            'Address prefix is not a valid cash address with a prefix from the Ticker.prefixes array',
+        ),
     );
 });
diff --git a/web/cashtab/src/components/Send/Send.js b/web/cashtab/src/components/Send/Send.js
--- a/web/cashtab/src/components/Send/Send.js
+++ b/web/cashtab/src/components/Send/Send.js
@@ -183,11 +183,22 @@
         // Ensure address has bitcoincash: prefix and checksum
         cleanAddress = toLegacy(cleanAddress);
 
-        // If there was an error converting the address
-        if (!cleanAddress.startsWith('bitcoincash:')) {
-            // return as above with other errors
+        let hasValidCashPrefix;
+        try {
+            hasValidCashPrefix = cleanAddress.startsWith('bitcoincash:');
+        } catch (err) {
+            hasValidCashPrefix = false;
             console.log(`toLegacy() returned an error:`, cleanAddress);
-            // Note: the address must be valid to get to this point, so unsure if this can be produced
+        }
+
+        if (!hasValidCashPrefix) {
+            // set loading to false and set address validation to false
+            // Now that the no-prefix case is handled, this happens when user tries to send
+            // BCHA to an SLPA address
+            setLoading(false);
+            setSendBchAddressError(
+                `Destination is not a valid ${currency.ticker} address`,
+            );
             return;
         }