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Miss. Code Ann. § 75-4-204

Methods of sending and presenting; sending directly to payor bank

Known as the Uniform Commercial Code

The act spans §§ 75–75 (480 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case White v. Hancock Bank (1985)

Most recently applied in White v. Hancock Bank (September 1985)

Codes, 1942, § 41A:4-204; Laws, 1966, ch. 316, § 4-204; Laws, 1992, ch. 420, § 86, eff from and after January 1, 1993.

A collecting bank shall send items by a reasonably prompt method, taking into consideration relevant instructions, the nature of the item, the number of those items on hand, the cost of collection involved, and the method generally used by it or others to present those items.

A collecting bank may send:

(1) An item directly to the payor bank;

(2) An item to a nonbank payor if authorized by its transferor; and

(3) An item other than documentary drafts to a nonbank payor, if authorized by Federal Reserve regulation or operating circular, clearinghouse rule, or the like.

Presentment may be made by a presenting bank at a place where the payor bank or other payor has requested that presentment be made.

Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.