An agent employed to collect a negotiable instrument must collect it promptly and take all measures necessary to charge the parties thereto in case of its dishonor, and, if it is a bill of exchange, must present it for acceptance with reasonable diligence.
N.D. Cent. Code § 3-02-16
Duty of agent as collector of negotiable instrument
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