§ 30-4-401 When bank may charge customer’s account
§ 30-4-402 Bank’s liability to customer for wrongful dishonor — time of determining insufficiency of account
§ 30-4-403 Customer’s right to stop payment — burden of proof of loss
§ 30-4-404 Bank not obligated to pay check more than 6 months old
§ 30-4-405 Death or incompetence of customer
§ 30-4-406 Customer’s duty to discover and report unauthorized signature or alteration
§ 30-4-407 Payor bank’s right to subrogation on improper payment

Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 30 > Chapter 4 > Part 4 - Relationship Between Payor Bank and Its Customer

  • account: means any deposit or credit account with a bank and includes a demand, time, savings, passbook, share draft, or like account, other than an account evidenced by a certificate of deposit;

    (b)"afternoon" means the period of a day between noon and midnight;

    (c)"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;

    (d)"clearinghouse" means an association of banks or other payors regularly clearing items;

    (e)"customer" means a person having an account with a bank or for whom a bank has agreed to collect items and includes a bank maintaining an account at another bank;

    (f)"documentary draft" means a draft to be presented for acceptance or payment if specified documents, certificated securities (30-8-112) or instructions for uncertificated securities (30-8-112), or other certificates, statements, or the like are to be received by the drawee or other payor before acceptance or payment of the draft;

    (g)"draft" means a draft as defined in 30-3-104 or an item, other than an instrument, that is an order;

    (h)"item" means an instrument or a promise or an order to pay money handled by a bank for collection or payment. See Montana Code 30-4-104

  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • bank: means any person engaged in the business of banking, including a savings bank, savings and loan association, credit union, or trust company;

    (2)"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;

    (3)"payor bank" means a bank that is the drawee of a draft;

    (4)"intermediary bank" means a bank to which an item is transferred in course of collection except the depositary or payor bank;

    (5)"collecting bank" means a bank handling an item for collection except the payor bank;

    (6)"presenting bank" means a bank presenting an item except a payor bank. See Montana Code 30-4-105

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
  • Writing: includes printing. See Montana Code 1-1-203