Yes; she doesn't want to bother to look; she's not sure if she destroyed it or not. If she would just say one way or the other, it would help.
On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 12:29 PM Phyllis Bruce <pobruc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Wouldn't it just be simpler to ask your sister in law to destroy the check > if she finds it? Then write it off/delete it. > > On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 12:14 PM 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. >> >> Given their attitude, I'm considering closing the checking account, and >> then opening a new one, so that the check would bounce if ever presented. >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 2:50 PM Michael or Penny Novack < >> stepbystepf...@comcast.net> wrote: >> >> > >> > ... regardless of date. >> > >> > > I sent a check to a sister-in-law that she probably won't cash, but >> she >> > > cannot remember what she did with it... so, years later, it is still >> an >> > >> > Uh no, not outstanding indefinitely. >> > >> > This of course is not really a gnucash question but since this question >> > affects reconciliation....... >> > >> > By the UCC rules, after six months a bank does not have to accept a >> > check and as a result checks that have not been =returned to your >> > account by that time might be voided in your books. You might want to >> > allow a bit more time than that just to be on the safe side and you >> > should keep in mind that banks are allowed to process checks older than >> > that so CHECK THE POLICY OF YOUR BANK. >> > >> > If I had the problem of a long outstanding check, I'd enter a >> > transaction to void it once it was more than six months old. >> > >> > Michael D Novack >> > >> > >> > PS -- You might sometimes see on a check you receive, "void after 90 >> > days". AFAIK that has no legal standing and the UCC rule of 180 days >> > would apply. >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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. >> > >> >> >> -- >> _________________________________ >> Richard Losey >> rlo...@gmail.com >> Micah 6:8 >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. >> > -- _________________________________ Richard Losey rlo...@gmail.com Micah 6:8 _______________________________________________ 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.
