Georgia § 11-4-404 - Bank not obliged to pay check more than six months old.
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§ 11-4-404. Bank not obliged to pay check more than six months old.
A bank is under no obligation to a customer having a checking account to pay a check, other than a certified check, which is presented more than six months after its date, but it may charge its customer's account for a payment made thereafter in good faith. (Code 1933, § 109A-4 - 404, enacted by Ga. L. 1962, p. 156, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1306, § 13.)
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