{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-106-4-404","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 106, § 4-404","heading":"Bank Not Obliged to Pay Check More Than Six Months Old","body":"Section 4–404. 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.","path":["Part I","Title XV","Chapter 106","Article 4"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXV/Chapter106/Section4-404","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:22:26Z","sha256":"f61b08bdbd4ae5814b7983e5e36b5f3a3eabe1762883ca588e26b1b370e5cb1f","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-106-4-403","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-106-4-405"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}