Does the dentist participate in your dental health plan? What is the dentist's office policy on missed appointments? If visiting a dentist's office: Does the office appear to be clean, neat, and orderly? Do all surfaces and equipment in the treatment room appear clean? Is the dental staff helpful and willing to answer your questions?
1 Cancelled checks: Keep for one year in most cases. 2  Discard checks,check registers, check statements and credit-card statements after a year. 3  However,keep checks and credit-card statements needed to support tax filings seven years. 4  Loan-discharge notices: Keep forever in a safe-deposit box.
Even expiration dates written on checks, such as void after 90 days, can be overlooked at the bank's discretion. There is no UCC provision that specifically addresses validity of check expiration dates, says Mike Townsend, spokesman for the American Bankers Association. consumer who comes across one of these uncashed checks faces a conundrum. While it may be possible to cash a check that's more than 6 months to a year old, there are several things consumers need to consider before heading to the bank with Nana's old checks.