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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 5815.07

Check drawn by fiduciary upon account of his principal - liability of bank

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Estate of Barney v. PNC Bank, National Ass'n (2013)

Most recently applied in 385 Wis. 2d 261 - Koss Corporation v. Park Bank (January 2019)

Effective: January 1, 2007; Latest Legislation: House Bill 416 - 126th General Assembly

If a check is drawn upon the principal's account by a fiduciary who is empowered to do so, the bank may pay the check without being liable to the principal, unless the bank pays the check with actual knowledge that the fiduciary is committing a breach of the obligation as fiduciary in drawing the check or with knowledge of such facts that its action in paying the check amounts to bad faith.

If such a check is payable to the drawee bank and is delivered to it in payment of or as security for a personal debt of the fiduciary to it, the bank is liable to the principal if the fiduciary in fact commits a breach of the obligation as fiduciary in drawing or delivering the check.

Official source: Ohio Laws & Administrative Rules (Legislative Service Commission). Reproduced from public-domain Ohio statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.