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 (6) months after its date, but it may charge its customer's account for a payment made thereafter in good faith.
Bank not obliged to pay check more than six months old
Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-4-404, under Relationship Between Payor Bank and Its Customer.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-4-404