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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86835</law_id><section_number>8.4-404</section_number><catch_line>Bank not obligated to pay check more than six months old</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="8.4">Commercial Code &#x2014; Bank Deposits and Collections</unit><unit label="part" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="4">Relationship Between Payor Bank and Its Customer</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>A <span class="dictionary">bank</span> 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&#x2019;s account for a payment made thereafter in good faith.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 6-72; 1964, c. 219.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
