Okla. Stat. tit. 12A § 4A-209

Current through Laws 2024, c. 453.

Section 4A-209 - Acceptance of payment order

(a) Subject to subsection (d) of this section, 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) of this section, a beneficiary's bank accepts a payment order at the earliest of the following times:

(1) When the bank (i) pays the beneficiary as stated in subsection (a) or (b) of Section 30 of this act, or (ii) notifies the beneficiary of receipt of the order or that the account of the beneficiary has been credited with respect to the order unless the notice indicates that the bank is rejecting the order or that funds with respect to the order may not be withdrawn or used until receipt of payment from the sender of the order;

(2) When the bank receives payment of the entire amount of the sender's order pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) of Section 28 of this act; or

(3) The opening of the next funds-transfer business day of the bank following the payment date of the order if, at that time, the amount of the sender's order is fully covered by a withdrawable credit balance in an authorized account of the sender or the bank has otherwise received full payment from the sender, unless the order was rejected before that time or is rejected within (i) one hour after that time, or (ii) one hour after the opening of the next business day of the sender following the payment date if that time is later. If notice of rejection is received by the sender after the payment date and the authorized account of the sender does not bear interest, the bank is obliged to pay interest to the sender on the amount of the order for the number of days elapsing after the payment date to the day the sender receives notice or learns that the order was not accepted, counting that day as an elapsed day. If the withdrawable credit balance during that period falls below the amount of the order, the amount of interest payable is reduced accordingly.

(c) Acceptance of a payment order cannot occur before the order is received by the receiving bank. Acceptance does not occur under paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (b) of this section if the beneficiary of the payment order does not have an account with the receiving bank, the account has been closed, or the receiving bank is not permitted by law to receive credits for the beneficiary's account.

(d) A payment order issued to the originator's bank cannot be accepted until the payment date if the bank is the beneficiary's bank, or the execution date if the bank is not the beneficiary's bank. If the originator's bank executes the originator's payment order before the execution date or pays the beneficiary of the originator's payment order before the payment date and the payment order is subsequently canceled pursuant to subsection (b) of Section 19 of this act, the bank may recover from the beneficiary any payment received to the extent allowed by the law governing mistake and restitution.

Okla. Stat. tit. 12A, § 4A-209

Added by Laws 1990, SB 641, c. 110, § 17, eff. 7/1/1991.

Oklahoma Code Comment

Section 4A-209(b)(1) contemplates that a beneficiary bank may "accept" a payment order before receiving final settlement from the sender. One of the ways acceptance may occur is if the beneficiary receives oral notification of the transfer. In this situation, the beneficiary bank has, in essence, accepted the debt obligation of the sending bank. The beneficiary's bank, in turn, becomes indebted to the beneficiary by accepting the sending bank's debt obligation, unless the credit provided the beneficiary is provisional. If the credit is provisional and is drawn upon, and is then revoked, then the beneficiary's bank has technically extended credit to the beneficiary until settlement occurs.

Okla. Stat., Tit. 15, § 140 (Supp.1989) provides that neither a borrower nor a lender may enforce an oral commitment to extend credit for an amount over $15,000.00. This provision would not apply to a transaction under 4A-209(b)(1) with respect to the credit extended to the sending bank; under Article 4A, the extension of credit is statutory, not oral. While acceptance of the order by the beneficiary's bank by the oral notification to the beneficiary triggers the extension of credit, the obligation itself is created by statute, not contract, and therefore does not fall within Title 15, § 140.

If a provisional credit is drawn upon, and then revoked, Section 140 will not apply because there is no commitment. Note that if the beneficiary draws against a provisional credit, which is then reversed, the extension of credit to the beneficiary might prevent the institution from making additional loans to the beneficiary, but may not cause personal liability on the part of officers and directors, depending upon the facts, for exceeding the financial institution's individual lending limit. There are other situations which may also cause lending limit problems. The potential for loss suggests that financial institutions should exercise the same degree of caution in establishing provisional credits for funds transfers as they exercise in granting provisional credit for uncollected funds under Article 4.

With respect to Official Comment 6, under Oklahoma law since the bank has paid the holder of Account #1246 by mistake, the bank has a right to recover the payment if the credit is withdrawn. See Associates Discount Corporation v. Clements, 321 P.2d 673 (Okla. 1958).

Addressing Official Comment 9, if beneficiary received the money in good faith in payment of a debt owed to beneficiary by originator, Oklahoma law would allow beneficiary to keep all or part of the money received. See Knapp v. First Nat. Bank & Trust Co. of Oklahoma City, 154 F.2d 395 (10th Cir. 1946).