Title 11, Chapter 4, Section 301
( 11-4-301)
Deferred posting; recovery of payment by return of items; time of dishonor; return of items by payor bank. (a) If a payor bank settles for a demand item other than a
documentary draft presented otherwise than for immediate payment
over the counter before midnight of the banking day of receipt, the
payor bank may revoke the settlement and recover the settlement if,
before it has made final payment and before its midnight deadline,
it: (1) Returns the item; or (2) Sends written notice of dishonor or nonpayment if the item is
unavailable for return. (b) If a demand item is received by a payor bank for credit on its
books, it may return the item or send notice of dishonor and may
revoke any credit given or recover the amount thereof withdrawn by
its customer, if it acts within the time limit and in the manner
specified in subsection (a) of this Code section. (c) Unless previous notice of dishonor has been sent, an item is
dishonored at the time when for purposes of dishonor it is returned
or notice sent in accordance with this Code section. (d) An item is returned: (1) As to an item presented through a clearing-house, when it is
delivered to the presenting or last collecting bank or to the
clearing-house or is sent or delivered in accordance with
clearing-house rules; or (2) In all other cases, when it is sent or delivered to the bank's
customer or transferor or pursuant to instructions. |