Md. Code, Commercial Law § 4A-304
This is the official text of Md. Code, Commercial Law § 4A-304, part of Maryland’s Code, Commercial Law — governs commercial transactions - Maryland's version of the Uniform Commercial Code.
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§4A–304.
Official statutory text
(a) If the sender of a payment order that is erroneously executed as stated in § 4A-303 of this subtitle receives notification from the receiving bank that the order was executed or that the sender’s account was debited with respect to the order, the sender has a duty to exercise ordinary care to determine, on the basis of information available to the sender, that the order was erroneously executed and to notify the bank of the relevant facts within a reasonable time not exceeding 90 days after the notification from the bank was received by the sender.
(b) If the sender fails to perform the duty imposed under subsection (a) of this section, the bank is not obliged to pay interest on any amount refundable to the sender under § 4A-402(d) of this title for the period before the bank learns of the execution error.
(c) The bank is not entitled to any recovery from the sender on account of a failure by the sender to perform the duty imposed under subsection (a) of this section.
(b) If the sender fails to perform the duty imposed under subsection (a) of this section, the bank is not obliged to pay interest on any amount refundable to the sender under § 4A-402(d) of this title for the period before the bank learns of the execution error.
(c) The bank is not entitled to any recovery from the sender on account of a failure by the sender to perform the duty imposed under subsection (a) of this section.
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