§ 8.4-501. Handling of documentary drafts; duty to send for presentment and to notify customer of dishonor
A bank that takes a documentary draft for collection shall present or send the draft and accompanying documents for presentment and upon learning that the draft has not been paid or accepted in due course shall seasonably notify its customer of the fact even though it may have discounted or bought the draft or extended […]
§ 8.4-502. Presentment of “on arrival” drafts
If a draft or the relevant instructions require presentment “on arrival,” “when goods arrive” or the like, the collecting bank need not present until in its judgment a reasonable time for arrival of the goods has expired. Refusal to pay or accept because the goods have not arrived is not dishonor; the bank must notify […]
§ 8.4-503. Responsibility of presenting bank for documents and goods; report of reasons for dishonor; referee in case of need
Unless otherwise instructed and except as provided in Title 8.5A, a bank presenting a documentary draft: (1) must deliver the documents to the drawee on acceptance of the draft if it is payable more than three days after presentment; otherwise, only on payment; and (2) upon dishonor, either in the case of presentment for acceptance […]
§ 8.4-504. Privilege of presenting bank to deal with goods; security interest for expenses
(a) A presenting bank that, following the dishonor of a documentary draft, has seasonably requested instructions but does not receive them within a reasonable time may store, sell, or otherwise deal with the goods in any reasonable manner. (b) For its reasonable expenses incurred by action under subsection (a), the presenting bank has a lien […]
§ 8.4-404. Bank not obligated to pay check more than six months old
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 months after its date, but it may charge its customer’s account for a payment made thereafter in good faith. Code 1950, § 6-72; 1964, c. 219.
§ 8.4-405. Death or incompetence of customer
(a) A payor or collecting bank’s authority to accept, pay or collect an item or to account for proceeds of its collection if otherwise effective is not rendered ineffective by the incapacity of a customer of either bank existing at the time the item is issued or its collection is undertaken if the bank does […]
§ 8.4-406. Customer’s duty to discover and report unauthorized signature or alteration
(a) A bank that sends or makes available to a customer a statement of account showing payment of items for the account shall either return or make available to the customer the items paid or provide information in the statement of account sufficient to allow the customer reasonably to identify the items paid. The statement […]
§ 8.4-407. Payor bank’s right to subrogation on improper payment
If a payor bank has paid an item over the order of the drawer or maker to stop payment, or after an account has been closed or otherwise under circumstances giving a basis for objection by the drawer or maker, to prevent unjust enrichment and only to the extent necessary to prevent loss to the […]
§ 8.4-403. Customer’s right to stop payment; burden of proof of loss
(a) A customer or any person authorized to draw on the account if there is more than one person may stop payment of any item drawn on the customer’s account or close the account by an order to the bank describing the item or account with reasonable certainty received at a time and in a […]
§ 8.4-301. Deferred posting; recovery of payment by return of items; time of dishonor; return of items by payor bank
(a) If a payor bank settles for a demand item other than a documentary draft presented otherwise than for immediate payment over the counter before midnight of the banking day of receipt the payor bank may revoke the settlement and recover the settlement if, before it has made final payment and before its midnight deadline, […]