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...A bank is under no obligation to a customer having a checking account to pay a check, other than a certified check, that is presented more than six months after its date, but it may charge its customer's account for a payment made in good faith after its date.

...or account until the bank knows of the fact of death or of an adjudication of incompetence and has reasonable opportunity to act on it. (B) Even with knowledge, a bank may for ten days after the date of death pay or certify checks drawn on or before that date unless ordered to stop payment by a person claiming an interest in the account.

...omptly notify the bank of the relevant facts. (D) If the bank proves that the customer failed with respect to an item to comply with the duties imposed on the customer by division (C) of this section, the customer is precluded from asserting either of the following against the bank: (1) The customer's unauthorized signature or any alteration on the item if the bank also proves that it suffered a loss by reason of ...

...er either on the item or under the transaction out of which the item arose; (C) The drawer or maker against the payee or any other holder of the item with respect to the transaction out of which the item arose.

... seasonably notify its customer of the fact even though it may have discounted or bought the draft or extended credit available for withdrawal as of right.

...If a draft or the relevant instructions require presentment "on arrival," "when goods arrive," or at a similar time related to the arrival of goods, 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 shall notify its transferor of the refusal but is not required to pres...

...Unless otherwise instructed and except as provided in sections 1305.01 to 1305.16 of the Revised Code, both of the following apply to a bank presenting a documentary draft: (A) The bank must deliver the documents to the drawee on acceptance of the draft if it is payable more than three days after presentment or only on payment if it is not payable more than three days after presentment. (B) Upon dishonor, either in...

...For its reasonable expenses incurred by action under division (A) of this section, the presenting bank has a lien upon the goods or their proceeds, which may be foreclosed in the same manner as an unpaid seller's lien.

...unds transfer" means the series of transactions, beginning with the originator's payment order, made for the purpose of making payment to the beneficiary of the order. "Funds transfer" includes any payment order issued by the originator's bank or an intermediary bank intended to carry out the originator's payment order. A funds transfer is completed by acceptance by the beneficiary's bank of a payment order for...

...Except as otherwise provided in section 1304.55 of the Revised Code, sections 1304.51 to 1304.85 of the Revised Code apply to funds transfers as defined in section 1304.51 of the Revised Code.

...h a receiving bank is required to take action, and the date or day does not fall on a funds-transfer business day, the next day that is a funds-transfer business day is treated as the date or day stated, unless the contrary is stated in these sections.

...Regulations of the board of governors of the federal reserve system and operating circulars of the federal reserve banks supersede any inconsistent provision of sections 1304.51 to 1304.85 of the Revised Code to the extent of the inconsistency.

...verned by the "Electronic Fund Transfer Act," 92 Stat. 3728 (1978), 15 U.S.C.A. 1693, as amended. (B) Sections 1304.51 to 1304.85 of the Revised Code apply to a remittance transfer as defined in the "Electronic Fund Transfer Act," 124 Stat. 2065 (2010), 15 U.S.C. 1693o-1, as amended, unless the remittance transfer is an electronic fund transfer as defined in the "Electronic Fund Transfer Act," 92 Stat. 3728 (1...

..."Security procedure" means a procedure established by agreement of a customer and a receiving bank for the purpose of verifying that a payment order or communication amending or cancelling a payment order is that of the customer, or detecting error in the transmission or the content of the payment order or communication. A security procedure may require the use of algorithms or other codes, identifying words or numbe...

...ng the bank a reasonable opportunity to act on it before the payment order is accepted. (C)(1) Commercial reasonableness of a security procedure is a question of law to be determined by considering all of the following: (a) The wishes of the customer expressed to the bank; (b) The circumstances of the customer known to the bank, including the size, type, and frequency of payment orders normally issued by the custo...

...on entrusted at any time with duties to act for the customer with respect to payment orders or the security procedure; (b) A person who obtained access to transmitting facilities of the customer or who obtained, from a source controlled by the customer and without authority of the receiving bank, information facilitating breach of the security procedure, regardless of how the information was obtained or whether the ...

...nd to notify the bank of the relevant facts within a reasonable time not exceeding ninety days after the date the customer received notification from the bank that the order was accepted or that the customer's account was debited with respect to the order. The bank is not entitled to any recovery from the customer on account of a failure by the customer to give notification as stated in this section. (B) Reas...

...nder proves that the sender or a person acting on behalf of the sender pursuant to section 1304.61 of the Revised Code complied with the security procedure and that the error would have been detected if the receiving bank had also complied, the sender is not obliged to pay the order to the extent provided in divisions (B)(2) and (3) of this section. (2) If the funds transfer is completed on the basis of an erroneous...

...(A) If a payment order addressed to a receiving bank is transmitted to a funds-transfer system or other third-party communication system for transmittal to the bank, the system is deemed to be an agent of the sender for the purpose of transmitting the payment order to the bank. If there is a discrepancy between the terms of the payment order transmitted to the system and the terms of the payment order transmitted by ...

...(A) Subject to division (B) of this section, if, in a payment order received by the beneficiary's bank, the name, bank account number, or other identification of the beneficiary refers to a nonexistent or unidentifiable person or account, no person has rights as a beneficiary of the order and acceptance of the order cannot occur. (B) If a payment order received by the beneficiary's bank identifies the beneficiary by...

...(A)(1) Divisions (A)(2) and (3) of this section apply to a payment order identifying an intermediary bank or the beneficiary's bank only by an identifying number. (2) The receiving bank may rely on the number as the proper identification of the intermediary or beneficiary's bank and need not determine whether the number identifies a bank. (3) The sender shall compensate the receiving bank for any loss and expenses ...

...(A) Subject to division (D) of this section, a receiving bank other than the beneficiary's bank accepts a payment order when it executes the order. (B) Subject to divisions (C) and (D) of this section, a beneficiary's bank accepts a payment order at the earliest of the following times: (1) When the bank pays the beneficiary as provided in division (A) or (B) of section 1304.77 of the Revised Code, or notifies the b...

...(A) A payment order is rejected by the receiving bank by a notice of rejection transmitted to the sender orally, electronically, or in writing. A notice of rejection need not use any particular words and is sufficient if it indicates that the receiving bank is rejecting the order or will not execute or pay the order. Rejection is effective when the notice is given if transmission is by a means that is reasonable in t...

...eiving bank a reasonable opportunity to act on the communication before the bank accepts the payment order. (C)(1) After a payment order has been accepted, cancellation or amendment of the order is not effective unless the receiving bank agrees or a funds-transfer system rule allows cancellation or amendment without agreement of the bank. (2) With respect to a payment order accepted by a receiving bank other than t...

...rder or, before acceptance, to take any action, or refrain from taking action, with respect to the order except as provided in those sections or by express agreement. Liability based on acceptance arises only when acceptance occurs as provided in section 1304.64 of the Revised Code, and liability is limited to that provided in sections 1304.51 to 1304.85 of the Revised Code. A receiving bank is not the agent of the s...