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Terms Used In Washington Code 62A.4-105

  • person: may be construed to include the United States, this state, or any state or territory, or any public or private corporation or limited liability company, as well as an individual. See Washington Code 1.16.080
(1) “Bank” means a 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 the item for collection except the payor bank;
(6) “Presenting bank” means a bank presenting an item except a payor bank.
[ 1993 c 229 § 81; 1965 ex.s. c 157 § 4-105. Cf. former RCW 30.52.010; 1955 c 33 § 30.52.010; prior: 1929 c 203 § 1.]

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Recovery of attorneys’ feesEffective date1993 c 229: See RCW 62A.11-111 and 62A.11-112.