Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 4.404 · Subchapter D. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PAYOR BANK AND ITS CUSTOMER
BANK NOT OBLIGATED TO PAY CHECK MORE THAN SIX MONTHS OLD.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1967, 60th Leg., p. 2343, ch. 785, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1967. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 921, Sec. 4, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.4.htm
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