12 U.S.C. § 5004

Current through P.L. 118-59 (published on www.congress.gov on 05/07/2024)

Section 5004 - Substitute check warranties

A bank that transfers, presents, or returns a substitute check and receives consideration for the check warrants, as a matter of law, to the transferee, any subsequent collecting or returning bank, the depositary bank, the drawee, the drawer, the payee, the depositor, and any endorser (regardless of whether the warrantee receives the substitute check or another paper or electronic form of the substitute check or original check) that-

(1) the substitute check meets all the requirements for legal equivalence under section 5003(b) of this title; and

(2) no depositary bank, drawee, drawer, or endorser will receive presentment or return of the substitute check, the original check, or a copy or other paper or electronic version of the substitute check or original check such that the bank, drawee, drawer, or endorser will be asked to make a payment based on a check that the bank, drawee, drawer, or endorser has already paid.

12 U.S.C. § 5004

Pub. L. 108-100, §5, Oct. 28, 2003, 117 Stat. 1181.

STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

EFFECTIVE DATESection effective at the end of the 12-month period beginning on Oct. 28, 2003, see section 20 of Pub. L. 108-100 set out as a note under section 5001 of this title.

bank: The term "bank" means any person that is located in a State and engaged in the business of banking and includes-(A) any depository institution (as defined in section 461(b)(1)(A) of this title);(B) any Federal reserve bank;(C) any Federal home loan bank; or(D) to the extent it acts as a payor-(i) the Treasury of the United States;(ii) the United States Postal Service;(iii) a State government; or(iv) a unit of general local government (as defined in section 4001(24) of this title).
depositary bank: The term "depositary bank" means-(i) the first bank to which a check is transferred, even if such bank is also the paying bank or the payee; or(ii) a bank to which a check is transferred for deposit in an account at such bank, even if the check is physically received and indorsed first by another bank.