Wondering Sumfin'

[almaty 19]

I worked in a bank for almost 20 years and the time limit on a cheque is 6 months...after that it becomes stale dated. Even though it is different for a Money Order........no expiry date. Your best bet is to call the company, they should re-issue you a new check. Enjoy and always nice to have a surprise like that.........{{{{HUGS}}}

Was that in Canada tho? I've cashed checks in the U.S. well over the 6 month time because I was always told the expiration is one year.

sister fraces, i always heard that too if there is no expiration date printed on the check

[Jasman0717 9]

I get checks for some stocks I own and it says they are only good for six months so would imagine it would be similar. Does it say anything on the check? Maybe if it doesn't the check is still good then

[Marilyn. 340]

all it has on the cheque is hubby's name and addy... the amount , the date of the cheque etc... thre is no kind of expiration date on the cheque...

i guess I am just going to get hubby to call them up and see what they can do

[AnaAndDaniel 0]

i hope i misunderstood your OP.

if this is 401k money, then, you will have to check this out with a cpa or something like that, I think you had 6 months to transfer to a similar 401k/ira account. failing to do so means incurring fees/penalties from the IRS.

ok, like i said, i hope i misunderstood your op.

Daniel

:energetic:

[Marilyn. 340]

well, we got a paper with the check and I noticed that they took State and Federal tax out of the amount before they wrote up the check

and it says nothing about having to transfer the money..... it does say on the bottom of the paper "Before cashing this check, discuss the taxability of this distribution with your tax advisor"

Edited February 14, 2006 by MarilynP

[Marilyn. 340]

well, my hubby took the cheque today to see if he could cash it , he just called and said he had no problems cashing it..... my silly hubby cashed it though instead of depositing it into his bank account, now he has the money burning a hole in his wallet....