Section 4–109. Process of Posting.

Terms Used In N.Y. Uniform Commercial Code 4-109

  • Account: means any account with a bank and includes a

    checking, time, interest or savings account;

    (b) "Afternoon" means the period of a day between noon and

    midnight;

    (c) "Banking day" means that part of any day on which a bank is

    open to the public for carrying on substantially all of its

    banking functions;

    (d) "Clearing house" means any association of banks or other

    payors regularly clearing items;

    (e) "Customer" means any person having an account with a bank or

    for whom a bank has agreed to collect items and includes a

    bank carrying an account with another bank;

    (f) "Documentary draft" means any negotiable or non-negotiable

    draft with accompanying documents, securities or other papers

    to be delivered against honor of the draft;

    (g) "Item" means any instrument for the payment of money even

    though it is not negotiable but does not include money;

    (h) "Midnight deadline" with respect to a bank is midnight on its

    next banking day following the banking day on which it

    receives the relevant item or notice or from which the time

    for taking action commences to run, whichever is later;

    (i) "Obligated bank" means the acceptor of a certified check, the

    issuer of a cashier's check, or the drawer of a teller's

    check;

    (j) "Properly payable" includes the availability of funds for

    payment at the time of decision to pay or dishonor;

    (k) "Remitter" means the buyer from the obligated bank of a

    cashier's check or a teller's check, and the drawer of a

    certified check;

    (l) "Settle" means to pay in cash, by clearing house settlement,

    in a charge or credit or by remittance, or otherwise as

    instructed. See N.Y. Uniform Commercial Code 4-104

The "process of posting" means the usual procedure followed by a payor bank in determining to pay an item and in recording the payment including one or more of the following or other steps as determined by the bank:

(a) verification of any signature;

(b) ascertaining that sufficient funds are available;

(c) affixing a "paid" or other stamp;

(d) entering a charge or entry to a customer's account;

(e) correcting or reversing an entry or erroneous action with respect to the item.