O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A. § 11-4-404 (2019)
Bank not obliged to pay check more than six months old
✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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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.
History
Code 1933, § 109A-4-404, enacted by
Ga. L. 1962, p. 156, § 1; Ga. L. 1996, p. 1306, § 13.
Annotations
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.) § 4404. ALR. Discharge of endorser by delay in presenting check, 11 A.L.R. 1028.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2023–2024 · leading case: Aaron Pierce v. Kyndyl Yvette Banks (Ga. Ct. App. 2023).
Aaron Pierce v. Kyndyl Yvette Banks (Ga. Ct. App. 2023). “” In the order, the trial court also explained that the expiration notation on the check did not constitute a variance from the offer because, the trial court concluded, OCGA § 11-4-404 does not require a bank to pay on a check that is presented more than six months after its…”
Charles Wayne Patrick v. Megan Kingston (Ga. Ct. App. 2024). “” In contrast, as the trial court concluded in its order granting the motion to enforce settlement, Kingston claims this variance is immaterial and that all financial institutions, under OCGA § 11-4-404, impose such restrictions on the amount of time checks are negotiable.”
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