Legal Question in Business Law in New York

Deposit the check. I think it will be collected. If returned, you can reclaim it.

You can also go on the unclaimed funds page for New York ( https://ouf.osc.state.ny.us/ouf/?wicket-crypt=W-z6Lrfefzs) and/or California https://ucpi.sco.ca.gov/UCP/Default.aspx and see if your name is listed just in case they did actually send it to the state as unclaimed funds. Normally they have to wait 3 years and do a search first, but you can check to see.

You can get questions answered here but you can't get free legal assistance.

My colleagues are partially correct. Even though you can technically deposit a check that "expired" most banks will refuse to do so. If your former employer already forwarded the unclaimed funds to the California State Treasurer then depositing the check may result in a bounced check and unnecessary banking fees for you.

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