§ 4404

Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 914, Sec. 43. Effective January 1, 1993.

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.

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