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Texas Business & Commerce Code - Section 4.404. Bank Not Obligated To Pay Check More Than Six Months Old

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§ 4.404. BANK NOT OBLIGATED 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, that 
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.

Acts 1967, 60th Leg., p. 2343, ch. 785, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1967.  
Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 921, § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.

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