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 6 months after its date, but it may charge its customer’s account for a payment made thereafter in good faith.
D.C. Code § 28:4-404
Bank not obliged to pay check more than 6 months old
Known as the Uniform Commercial Code
The act spans §§ 28:10-101 to 28:9-809 (639 sections).
Dec. 30, 1963, 77 Stat. 706, Pub
Official source: D.C. Law Library (Council of the District of Columbia). Reproduced from public-domain District of Columbia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.