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AS 45.04.105

“Bank”; “depositary bank”; “intermediary bank”; “collecting bank”; “payor bank”; “presenting bank.”

Known as the Uniform Commercial Code

The act spans §§ 45–45 (615 sections).

In this chapter, (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) “collecting bank” means a bank handling an item for collection except the payor bank;

(3) “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;

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

(5) “payor bank” means a bank that is the drawee of a draft;

(6) “presenting bank” means a bank presenting an item except a payor bank.

Official source: Alaska State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Alaska statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.