Title 11, Title 11

(1). 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 section 1‑1202. A receiving bank may fix a cut-off time or times on a funds transfer business day for the rec…

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 Article to the extent of the inconsistency.

(1). Except as provided in subsection (2), 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, Public Law 95-630, 92 Stat. 3728, 15 United States Code, Section 1693 et seq., as amended. (2). This Art…

"Security procedure" means a procedure established by agreement of a customer and a receiving bank for the purpose of: [PL 1991, c. 812, §2 (NEW).] (1). Verifying that a payment order or communication amending or cancelling a payment order is that of the customer; or (2). Detecti…

(1). 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. (2). If a bank and its customer have agreed that the authenticity of payment ord…

(1). If an accepted payment order is not under section 4‑1202, subsection (1) an authorized order of a customer identified as sender but is effective as an order of the customer pursuant to section 4‑1202, subsection (2), the following rules apply. (a). By express agreement, evid…

(1). If a receiving bank accepts a payment order issued in the name of its customer as sender that is not authorized and not effective as the order of the customer under section 4‑1202 or not enforceable in whole or in part, against the customer under section 4‑1203, the bank sha…

(1). If an accepted payment order was transmitted pursuant to a security procedure for the detection of error and the payment order erroneously instructed payment to a beneficiary not intended by the sender, erroneously instructed payment in an amount greater than the amount inte…

(1). If a payment order addressed to a receiving bank is transmitted to a funds transfer system or other 3rd-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 order to the bank. If…

(1). Subject to subsection (2), 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 …

(1). This subsection applies to a payment order identifying an intermediary bank or the beneficiary's bank only by an identifying number. (a). The receiving bank may rely on the number as the proper identification of the intermediary or beneficiary's bank and need not determine w…

(1). Subject to subsection (4), a receiving bank other than the beneficiary's bank accepts a payment order when it executes the order. (2). Subject to subsections (3) and (4), a beneficiary's bank accepts a payment order at the earliest of the following times: (a). When the bank …

(1). A payment order is rejected by the receiving bank by a notice of rejection transmitted to the sender orally or in a record. 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 not ex…

(1). A communication of the sender of a payment order cancelling or amending the order may be transmitted to the receiving bank orally or in a record. If a security procedure is in effect between the sender and the receiving bank, the communication is not effective to cancel or a…

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 any duty to accept a payment order or befor…

(1). A payment order is "executed" by the receiving bank when it issues a payment order intended to carry out the payment order received by the bank. A payment order received by the beneficiary's bank can be accepted but can not be executed. (2). "Execution date" of a payment ord…

(1). Except as provided in subsections (2) to (4), if the receiving bank accepts a payment order pursuant to section 4‑1209, subsection (1), the bank has the following obligations in executing the order. (a). The receiving bank is obliged to issue, on the execution date, a paymen…

(1). A receiving bank that executes the payment order of the sender by issuing a payment order in an amount greater than the amount of the sender's order or issues a payment order in execution of the sender's order and then issues a duplicate order is entitled to payment of the a…

If the sender of a payment order that is erroneously executed as stated in section 4‑1303 receives notification from the receiving bank that the order was executed or that the sender's account was debited with respect to the order, the sender has a duty to exercise ordinary care …

(1). If a funds transfer is completed but execution of a payment order by the receiving bank in breach of section 4‑1302 results in delay in payment to the beneficiary, the bank is obliged to pay interest to either the originator or the beneficiary of the funds transfer for the p…

"Payment date" of a payment order means the day on which the amount of the order is payable to the beneficiary by the beneficiary's bank. The payment date may be determined by instruction of the sender but can not be earlier than the day the order is received by the beneficiary's…

(1). This section is subject to sections 4‑1205 and 4‑1207. (2). With respect to a payment order issued to the beneficiary's bank, acceptance of the order by the bank obliges the sender to pay the bank the amount of the order but payment is not due until the payment date of the o…

(1). Payment of the sender's obligation under section 4‑1402 to pay the receiving bank occurs as follows. (a). If the sender is a bank, payment occurs when the receiving bank receives final settlement of the obligation through a Federal Reserve Bank or through a funds transfer sy…

(1). Subject to section 4‑1211, subsection (5), and section 4‑1405, subsections (4) and (5), if a beneficiary's bank accepts a payment order, the bank is obliged to pay the amount of the order to the beneficiary of the order. Payment is due on the payment date of the order, but i…

(1). If the beneficiary's bank credits an account of the beneficiary of a payment order, payment of the bank's obligation under section 4‑1404, subsection (1) occurs when and to the extent: (a). The beneficiary is notified of the right to withdraw the credit; [PL 1991, c. 812, §2…

(1). Subject to section 4‑1211, subsection (5) and section 4‑1405, subsections (4) and (5), the originator of a funds transfer pays the beneficiary of the originator's payment order at the time a payment order for the benefit of the beneficiary is accepted by the beneficiary's ba…

(1). Except as otherwise provided in this Article, the rights and obligations of a party to a funds transfer may be varied by agreement of the affected party. (2). "Funds transfer system rule" means a rule of an association of banks: (a). Governing transmission of payment orders …

(1). As used in this section, "creditor process" means levy, attachment, garnishment, notice of lien, sequestration or a similar process issued by or on behalf of a creditor or other claimant with respect to an account. (2). This subsection applies to the creditor process with re…

For proper cause and in compliance with applicable law, a court may restrain: [PL 1991, c. 812, §2 (NEW).] (1). A person from issuing a payment order to initiate a funds transfer; (2). An originator's bank from executing the payment order of the originator; or (3). The beneficiar…

(1). If a receiving bank has received more than one payment order of the sender or one or more payment orders and other items that are payable from the sender's account, the bank may charge the sender's account with respect to the various orders and items in any sequence. (2). In…

If a receiving bank has received payment from its customer with respect to a payment order issued in the name of the customer as sender and accepted by the bank and the customer received notification reasonably identifying the order, the customer is precluded from asserting that …

(1). If, under this Article, a receiving bank is obliged to pay interest with respect to a payment order issued to the bank, the amount payable may be determined: (a). By agreement of the sender and receiving bank; or [PL 1991, c. 812, §2 (NEW).] (b). By a funds transfer system r…

(1). The following rules apply unless the affected parties otherwise agree or subsection (3) applies. (a). The rights and obligations between the sender of a payment order and the receiving bank are governed by the law of the jurisdiction in which the receiving bank is located. […