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.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 11 Am. Jur. 2d, Banks and Financial Institutions, § 899.
C.J.S.- 9 C.J.S., Banks and Banking, § 328 et seq.
U.L.A.- Uniform Commercial Code (U.L.A.) § 4-404.
ALR.
- Discharge of endorser by delay in presenting check, 11 A.L.R. 1028.