Com. Code, § 4404 · Chapter 4. Relationship Between Payor Bank and Its Customer

Com. Code, § 4404

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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

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.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

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

Source of truth

Edition: As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=COM&sectionNum=4404.
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