Conn. Gen. Stat. § 42a-4-209
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Sec. 42a-4-209. Encoding and retention warranties.
Official statutory text
(b) A person who undertakes to retain an item pursuant to an agreement for electronic presentment warrants to any subsequent collecting bank and to the payor bank or other payor that retention and presentment of the item comply with the agreement. If a customer of a depositary bank undertakes to retain an item, that bank also makes this warranty.
(c) A person to whom warranties are made under this section and who took the item in good faith may recover from the warrantor as damages for breach of warranty an amount equal to the loss suffered as a result of the breach, plus expenses and loss of interest incurred as a result of the breach.
See Sec. 42a-4-211 for successor provisions to Sec. 42a-4-209, revised to 1991, re when a bank gives value for purposes of holder in due course status.
Cited. 205 C. 604.
Bank may become holder in due course by provisionally crediting deposit against overdrawn account. 33 CS 641.
(c) A person to whom warranties are made under this section and who took the item in good faith may recover from the warrantor as damages for breach of warranty an amount equal to the loss suffered as a result of the breach, plus expenses and loss of interest incurred as a result of the breach.
See Sec. 42a-4-211 for successor provisions to Sec. 42a-4-209, revised to 1991, re when a bank gives value for purposes of holder in due course status.
Cited. 205 C. 604.
Bank may become holder in due course by provisionally crediting deposit against overdrawn account. 33 CS 641.
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