Section 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 5, 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 or presentment […]
Section 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 upon the […]
Section 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 incompetence of a customer of either bank existing at the time the item is issued or its collection is undertaken if the bank does not know […]
Section 4-209 – Encoding and Retention Warranties
(a) A person who encodes information on or with respect to an item after issue warrants to any subsequent collecting bank and to the payor bank or other payor that the information is correctly encoded. If the customer of a depositary bank encodes, that bank also makes the warranty. (b) A person who undertakes to retain an […]
Section 4-406 – Customer’s Duty to Discover and Report Unauthorized Signature or Alteration; Comparative Fault
(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 of […]
Section 4-210 – Security Interest of Collecting Bank in Items, Accompanying Documents, and Proceeds
(a) A collecting bank has a security interest in an item and any accompanying documents or the proceeds of either: (1) In case of an item deposited in an account, to the extent to which credit given for the item has been withdrawn or applied; (2) In case of an item for which it has given credit available […]
Section 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 […]
Section 4-211 – When Bank Gives Value for Purposes of Holder in Due Course
For purposes of determining its status as a holder in due course, a bank has given value to the extent that it has a security interest in an item, if the bank otherwise complies with the requirements of § 3-302 on what constitutes a holder in due course.
Section 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 […]
Section 4-212 – Presentment by Notice of Item Not Payable By, Through, or at Bank; Liability of Drawer or Indorser
(a) Unless otherwise instructed, a collecting bank may present an item not payable by, through, or at a bank by sending to the party to accept or pay a written notice that the bank holds the item for acceptance or payment. The notice must be sent in time to be received on or before the day […]