If a draft or the relevant instructions require presentment “on arrival”, “when goods arrive”, or the like, the collecting bank need not present until in its judgment a reasonable time for arrival of the goods has expired. Refusal to pay or accept because the goods have not arrived is not dishonor; the bank must notify its transferor of the refusal but need not present the draft again until it is instructed to do so or it learns of the arrival of the goods.
D.C. Code § 28:4-502
Presentment of “on arrival” drafts
Known as the Uniform Commercial Code
The act spans §§ 28:10-101 to 28:9-809 (639 sections).
Dec. 30, 1963, 77 Stat. 707, Pub
Official source: D.C. Law Library (Council of the District of Columbia). Reproduced from public-domain District of Columbia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.