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depositary bank

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United States Code

12 U.S.C. § 5002 — for purposes of this chapter

The term “depositary bank” means—

(i) the first bank to which a check is transferred, even if such bank is also the paying bank or the payee; or

(ii) a bank to which a check is transferred for deposit in an account at such bank, even if the check is physically received and indorsed first by another bank.