Michigan Laws 440.4302 – Payor bank; accountability upon presentment and receipt of item; defenses
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(1) If an item is presented on and received by a payor bank the bank is accountable for the amount of the following:
(a) A demand item other than a documentary draft whether properly payable or not if the bank, in any case where it is not also the depositary bank, retains the item beyond midnight of the banking day of receipt without settling for it or, regardless of whether it is also the depositary bank, does not pay or return the item or send notice of dishonor until after its midnight deadline.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 440.4302
- Bank: means a person engaged in the business of banking, including a saving bank, saving and loan association, credit union, or trust company. See Michigan Laws 440.4105
- Banking day: means the part of a day on which a bank is open to the public for carrying on substantially all of its banking functions. See Michigan Laws 440.4104
- Depositary bank: means the first bank to take an item even though it is also the payor bank, unless the item is presented for immediate payment over the counter. See Michigan Laws 440.4105
- Documentary draft: means a draft to be presented for acceptance or payment if specified documents, certificated securities as defined in section 8102 or instructions for uncertificated securities as defined in section 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 Michigan Laws 440.4104
- Item: means an instrument or a promise or order to pay money handled by a bank for collection or pay. See Michigan Laws 440.4104
- Payor bank: means a bank that is the drawee of a draft. See Michigan Laws 440.4105
- Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, public corporation, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Michigan Laws 440.1201
(b) Any other properly payable item unless within the time allowed for acceptance or payment of that item the bank either accepts or pays the item or returns it and accompanying documents.
(2) The liability of a payor bank to pay an item pursuant to subsection (1) is subject to defenses based on breach of a presentment warranty (section 4208) or proof that the person seeking enforcement of the liability presented or transferred the item for the purpose of defrauding the payor bank.