Section 57A-4A-101 – Short title.
57A-4A-101. Short title. This chapter may be cited as Uniform Commercial Code–Funds Transfers. Source: SL 1991, ch 397, §1.
Section 57A-4A-102 – Subject matter.
57A-4A-102. Subject matter. Except as otherwise provided in §57A-4A-108, this chapter applies to funds transfers defined in §57A-4A-104. Source: SL 1991, ch 397, §1.
Section 57A-4A-103 – Payment order–Definitions.
57A-4A-103. Payment order–Definitions. (a)In this chapter: (1)”Beneficiary” means the person to be paid by the beneficiary’s bank. (2)”Beneficiary’s bank” means the bank identified in a payment order in which an account of the beneficiary is to be credited pursuant to the order or which otherwise is to make payment to the beneficiary if the order […]
Section 57A-4A-104 – Funds transfer–Definitions.
57A-4A-104. Funds transfer–Definitions. In this chapter: (a)”Funds transfer” means the series of transactions, beginning with the originator’s payment order, made for the purpose of making payment to the beneficiary of the order. The term includes any payment order issued by the originator’s bank or an intermediary bank intended to carry out the originator’s payment order. […]
Section 57A-4A-105 – Other definitions.
57A-4A-105. Other definitions. (a) In this chapter: (1)”Authorized account” means a deposit account of a customer in a bank designated by the customer as a source of payment of payment orders issued by the customer to the bank. If a customer does not so designate an account, any account of the customer is an authorized […]
Section 57A-4A-106 – Time payment order is received.
57A-4A-106. Time payment order is received. (a) The time of receipt of a payment order or communication cancelling or amending a payment order is determined by the rules applicable to receipt of a notice stated in §57A-1-202. A receiving bank may fix a cut-off time or times on a funds-transfer business day for the receipt […]
Section 57A-4A-107 – Federal reserve regulations and operating circulars.
57A-4A-107. Federal reserve regulations and operating circulars. Regulations of the board of governors of the federal reserve system and operating circulars of the federal reserve banks supersede any inconsistent provision of this chapter to the extent of the inconsistency. Source: SL 1991, ch 397, §1.
Section 57A-4A-108 – Exclusion of consumer transactions governed by federal law.
57A-4A-108.Exclusion of consumer transactions governed by federal law. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), this article does not apply to a funds transfer any part of which is governed by the Electronic Fund Transfer Act of 1978 (Title XX, P. L. 95-630, 92 Stat. 3728, 15 U.S.C. §1693 et seq.) as amended from time […]
Section 57A-4A-201 – Security procedure.
57A-4A-201. Security procedure. “Security procedure” means a procedure established by agreement of a customer and a receiving bank for the purpose of (i) verifying that a payment order or communication amending or cancelling a payment order is that of the customer, or (ii) detecting error in the transmission or the content of the payment order […]
Section 57A-4A-202 – Authorized and verified payment orders.
57A-4A-202. Authorized and verified payment orders. (a) A payment order received by the receiving bank is the authorized order of the person identified as sender if that person authorized the order or is otherwise bound by it under the law of agency. (b) If a bank and its customer have agreed that the authenticity of […]
Section 57A-4A-203 – Unenforceability of certain verified payment orders.
57A-4A-203. Unenforceability of certain verified payment orders. (a)If an accepted payment order is not, under §57A-4A-202(a), an authorized order of a customer identified as sender, but is effective as an order of the customer pursuant to §57A-4A-202(b), the following rules apply: (1)By express written agreement, the receiving bank may limit the extent to which it […]
Section 57A-4A-204 – Refund of payment and duty of customer to report with respect to unauthorized payment order.
57A-4A-204. Refund of payment and duty of customer to report with respect to unauthorized payment order. (a) If a receiving bank accepts a payment order issued in the name of its customer as sender which is (i) not authorized and not effective as the order of the customer under §57A-4A-202, or (ii) not enforceable, in […]
Section 57A-4A-205 – Erroneous payment orders.
57A-4A-205. Erroneous payment orders. (a)If an accepted payment order was transmitted pursuant to a security procedure for the detection of error and the payment order (i) erroneously instructed payment to a beneficiary not intended by the sender, (ii) erroneously instructed payment in an amount greater than the amount intended by the sender, or (iii) was […]
Section 57A-4A-206 – Transmission of payment order through funds-transfer or other communication system.
57A-4A-206. Transmission of payment order through funds-transfer or other communication system. (a) If a payment order addressed to a receiving bank is transmitted to a funds-transfer system or other third-party communication system for transmittal to the bank, the system is deemed to be an agent of the sender for the purpose of transmitting the payment […]
Section 57A-4A-207 – Misdescription of beneficiary.
57A-4A-207. Misdescription of beneficiary. (a)Subject to subsection (b), if, in a payment order received by the beneficiary’s bank, the name, bank account number or other identification of the beneficiary refers to a nonexistent or unidentifiable person or account, no person has rights as a beneficiary of the order and acceptance of the order cannot occur. […]
Section 57A-4A-208 – Misdescription of intermediary bank or beneficiary’s bank.
57A-4A-208. Misdescription of intermediary bank or beneficiary’s bank. (a) This subsection applies to a payment order identifying an intermediary bank or the beneficiary’s bank only by an identifying number. (1)The receiving bank may rely on the number as the proper identification of the intermediary or beneficiary’s bank and need not determine whether the number identifies […]
Section 57A-4A-209 – Acceptance of payment order.
57A-4A-209. Acceptance of payment order. (a) Subject to subsection (d), a receiving bank other than the beneficiary’s bank accepts a payment order when it executes the order. (b) Subject to subsections (c) and (d), a beneficiary’s bank accepts a payment order at the earliest of the following times: (1)when the bank (i) pays the beneficiary […]
Section 57A-4A-210 – Rejection of payment order.
57A-4A-210. Rejection of payment order. (a) A payment order is rejected by the receiving bank by a notice of rejection transmitted to the sender orally, electronically or in writing. A notice of rejection need not use any particular words and is sufficient if it indicates that the receiving bank is rejecting the order or will […]
Section 57A-4A-211 – Cancellation and amendment of payment order.
57A-4A-211. Cancellation and amendment of payment order. (a) A communication of the sender of a payment order cancelling or amending the order may be transmitted to the receiving bank orally, electronically or in writing. If a security procedure is in effect between the sender and the receiving bank, the communication is not effective to cancel […]
Section 57A-4A-212 – Liability and duty of receiving bank regarding unaccepted payment order.
57A-4A-212. Liability and duty of receiving bank regarding unaccepted payment order. If a receiving bank fails to accept a payment order that it is obliged by express agreement to accept, the bank is liable for breach of the agreement to the extent provided in the agreement or in this article, but does not otherwise have […]