Arizona Laws 47-4202. Responsibility for collection or return; when action timely
A. A collecting bank must exercise ordinary care in:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 47-4202
- Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
- Documentary draft: means a draft to be presented for acceptance or payment if specified documents, certificated securities (section 47-8102) or instructions for uncertificated securities (section 47-8102) or other certificates, statements or the like are to be received by the drawee or other payor before acceptance or payment of the draft. See Arizona Laws 47-4104
- Item: means an instrument or a promise or order to pay money handled by a bank for collection or payment. See Arizona Laws 47-4104
- Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
1. Presenting an item or sending it for presentment;
2. Sending notice of dishonor or non-payment or returning an item other than a documentary draft to the bank’s transferor after learning that the item has not been paid or accepted, as the case may be;
3. Settling for an item when the bank receives final settlement; and
4. Notifying its transferor of any loss or delay in transit within a reasonable time after discovery thereof.
B. A collecting bank exercises ordinary care under subsection A by taking proper action before its midnight deadline following receipt of an item, notice or settlement. Taking proper action within a reasonably longer time may constitute the exercise of ordinary care, but the bank has the burden of establishing timeliness.
C. Subject to paragraph 1 of subsection A, a bank is not liable for the insolvency, neglect, misconduct, mistake or default of another bank or person or for loss or destruction of an item in the possession of others or in transit.