Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 6-222 – Payment on multiple-party account
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A financial institution, on request, may pay sums on deposit in a multiple-party account to: [PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14 (AFF).]
1. One or more of the parties. One or more of the parties, whether or not another party is disabled, incapacitated or deceased when payment is requested and whether or not the party making the request survives another party; or
[PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14 (AFF).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 6-222
- Account: means a contract of deposit between a depositor and a financial institution and includes a checking account, savings account, certificate of deposit and share account. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 6-201
- Financial institution: means an organization authorized to do business under state or federal laws relating to financial institutions and includes a bank, trust company, savings bank, building and loan association, savings and loan company or association and credit union. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 6-201
- Party: means a person who, by the terms of an account, has a present right, subject to request, to payment from the account other than as a beneficiary or agent. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 6-201
- Request: means a request for payment complying with all terms of the account, including special requirements concerning necessary signatures and regulations of the financial institution. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 6-201
- Right of survivorship: The ownership rights that result in the acquisition of title to property by reason of having survived other co-owners.
- Sums on deposit: means the balance payable on an account, including interest and dividends earned, whether or not included in the current balance, and any deposit life insurance proceeds added to the account by reason of death of a party. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 18-C Sec. 6-201
2. Personal representative. The personal representative, if any, or, if there is none, the heirs or devisees of a deceased party if proof of death is presented to the financial institution showing that the deceased party was the survivor of all other persons named on the account either as a party or beneficiary, unless the account is without right of survivorship under section 6-212.
[PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. A, §2 (NEW). PL 2017, c. 402, Pt. F, §1 (AFF). PL 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14 (AFF).