Time of receipt of items

NMSA 1978, § 55-4-108, under Article 4.

NMSA 1978, § 55-4-108

(a) For the purpose of allowing time to process items, prove balances and make the necessary entries on its books to determine its position for the day, a bank may fix an afternoon hour of two p.m. or later as a cutoff hour for the handling of money and items and the making of entries on its books. (b) An item or deposit of money received on any day after a cutoff hour so fixed or after the close of the banking day may be treated as being received at the opening of the next banking day. History: 1953 Comp., § 50A-4-107, enacted by Laws 1961, ch. 96, § 4-107; 1978 Comp., § 55-4-107, recompiled as 1978 Comp., § 55-4-108 by Laws 1992, ch. 114, § 163.