On Tue, 31 Jan 2023 12:13:52 -0600 R Losey <rlo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks; I used to work in a bank, and I thought there was a policy > such as you described... however, I did check with the bank, and they > indicated that they would honor the check regardless of how old it > was. They seem to be angling for me to pay them $$$ to stop payment > on the check, which I'm refusing to do.
Different jurisdictions, different rules In AU, there is a time of 15 months and after that the cheque is stale. It used to be 12, but back in the olden days when people used cheques, there would always be havoc at the beginning of new year when people wrote the old year instead. Cheque usage in AU, 2019 https://www.rba.gov.au/speeches/2019/images/sp-gov-2019-12-10-graph07.gif For the bored, the legislation is the Cheques Act, 1986 https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2017C00074 Liz _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.