15 U.S.C. § 1693e: Preauthorized transfers

Summary

You must give written permission before anyone can take money from your account by an automatic electronic transfer, and you must get a copy of that permission. You can stop a scheduled transfer by telling the bank orally or in writing up to three business days before the transfer. If you tell them by phone, the bank can ask you to send a written confirmation within fourteen days if they tell you where to send it at the time. If the same person will get transfers that change in amount, the bank or payee must give you reasonable advance notice before each transfer of how much will be taken and the date it will happen, under rules from the Bureau.

Title 15, §1693e

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(a)A preauthorized electronic fund transfer from a consumer’s account may be authorized by the consumer only in writing, and a copy of such authorization shall be provided to the consumer when made. A consumer may stop payment of a preauthorized electronic fund transfer by notifying the financial institution orally or in writing at any time up to three business days preceding the scheduled date of such transfer. The financial institution may require written confirmation to be provided to it within fourteen days of an oral notification if, when the oral notification is made, the consumer is advised of such requirement and the address to which such confirmation should be sent.

(b)In the case of preauthorized transfers from a consumer’s account to the same person which may vary in amount, the financial institution or designated payee shall, prior to each transfer, provide reasonable advance notice to the consumer, in accordance with regulations of the Bureau, of the amount to be transferred and the scheduled date of the transfer.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2010—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 111–203 substituted “Bureau” for “Board”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2010 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 111–203 effective on the designated transfer date, see section 1100H of Pub. L. 111–203, set out as a note under section 552a of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

§1693e Preauthorized Transfers