I didn't have one for several years until my landlord changed from a mailed check (I used my banks' bill pay service) to a drop box in a common area. Rent is the only thing I pay with check.
Likewise, though I do use them as loan receipts when I bum a few bucks off my buddy. He'd always rather have cash in hand, so he won't cash it, but can call me on it any time after he knows I've gotten paid. I usually repay via lunch the day after, so it's really just more of a way to burn through 200 checks with my old address on them sometime this decade.