I Know This Possibly Should Be In Finance But...

[Jeza]

Can a person of knowledge tell me how long is a cheque valid for if you don't pay it in as soon as you receive it?

[boxtops]

agree with methyl - I've known cheques to be cancelled after three months if there's no good reason why they weren't presented.

[hc4361]

Very often a cheque older than 6 months gets cashed because the bank has not bothered to check the date on it.

[Peter Pedant]

and on the other side of the coin
you should cancel sort of unwanted issued cheques

A fren' made a deposit on the tenancy and then (1975) the cheque was uncashed but put in a cash box.
At the end of the tenancy all was well and the landlord said
consider it ripped up my good man ....let us say 9 Apr 75

and so my fren' - engineer - very exact - cancelled the cheque
and was surprised to be contacted by the bank on yes 10 Oct 75 saying the deposit cheque had been paid in on 8 Oct 75 - yes one day before the six month period was up, and did they still want him to pay it ?

cool huh ? we were students - a lesson learnt early and well